The pre-Prohibition spec: early old fashioneds were often built on rye.
| 2 oz · 60 ml | RYE WHISKEY | 45 % |
| 1 cube | SUGAR CUBE | |
| 2 dashes | ANGOSTURA BITTERS | 44 % |
| 1 splash | WATER |
1 oz taken as 30 ml in the metric column.
A variant of Old Fashioned.
1 oz taken as 30 ml in the metric column.
| Pre-batch | 2.31 oz mixed with ice, 0.93 oz of it pure alcohol |
|---|---|
| Melt | Stirred: +15 % of the pre-batch, +0.35 oz of water |
| Served | 2.31 + 0.35 = 2.66 oz in the glass |
| Strength | 0.93 ÷ 2.66 = 34.9 % ABV as served |
| Ethanol | 0.93 oz × 29.57 ml × 0.789 g/ml = 22 g · about 151 kcal from the alcohol alone |
FROM RYE · from oak barrel aging
Bourbon's fingerprint, extracted from the charred American oak the law requires for aging. Same molecule as the vanilla bean's signature, so a well-aged bourbon legitimately tastes like vanilla. Chemistry, not metaphor. Cognac, aged rum, tequila reposado all extract vanillin from oak too. Different barrels, same molecule.
ALSO IN Old Fashioned · Manhattan · Whiskey Sour · Paper Plane · Boulevardier · Sazerac · Espresso Martini · Mai Tai
FROM ORANGE PEEL · citrus peel oil
An orange rind, squeezed, throws a spray that catches the light. That's d-limonene boiling off. It's roughly 95% of orange peel oil by mass, and the molecule that puts the "orange" in orange anything. Used industrially as a green solvent because the chemistry that dissolves citrus oils also dissolves greasy machinery. The expressed-peel garnish on a cocktail is delivering vaporized limonene to the rim of the glass.
ALSO IN Old Fashioned · Martini · Margarita · Gin & Tonic · Cosmopolitan · Mai Tai · Piña Colada · Hemingway Daiquiri
Rye in place of bourbon: a spicier grain bill and a drier finish. Vanillin comes from the barrel either way; the swap trades corn sweetness for pepper.
