Old Fashioned: Green Room

Name: Old Fashioned: Green Room
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 oz bourbon or rye; 1 tsp demerara syrup; 2 dashes aromatic bitters; Orange peel; 4 fresh basil leaves

Louisville, United States America/New_York

History

By the 1880s, drinkers asking for a cocktail made the old-fashioned way meant spirit, sugar, water, and bitters—the original cocktail formula. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Fresh basil supplies a peppery herbal lift without masking the original recipe.

Whiskey · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

12 oz bourbon or rye
21 tsp demerara syrup
32 dashes aromatic bitters
4Orange peel
54 fresh basil leaves

Method

01Stir with ice, strain over a large cube, and garnish with orange.
02Gently clap the basil, mix it with the drink, and reserve one leaf for garnish.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.