Classic Old Fashioned
Not all great bourbon comes from Kentucky, and this Old Fashioned proves it. I reach for an Old Fashioned whenever I want to know what a whiskey is really made of. Three ingredients, nothing to hide behind, so whatever is in the bottle comes through clean. First up is TINCUP 10 Year, made in Colorado on Rocky Mountain water. What sets it apart is the blend. There is Stranahan's single malt whiskey in there alongside the bourbon, so it drinks grain-forward and light at 84 proof, with cherry, pastry dough, and sweet fruit syrup carrying right through the sugar and bitters. Want a higher proof pour? Reach for Pendleton 1910 out of Hood River, Oregon at 90 proof. It brings more maple, clove, rye, and warm baking spice, with a longer oak finish on the back end. Same recipe, two very different drinks, and not a Kentucky zip code between them.
ingredients:
2 oz | 60 ml Bourbon (TINCUP 10 Year or Pendleton 1910)
½ oz | 15 ml Demerara Simple Syrup
5 dashes Angostura Bitters
3 dashes Orange Bitters
1 Maraschino Cherry
1 Orange Twist
instructions:
Add the bourbon, demerara simple syrup, and both bitters to a mixing glass with ice, stir until cold and lightly diluted, then strain over a large cube in a rocks glass. Express the orange twist over the top, drop it in alongside a maraschino cherry, and serve.
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