Cocktail Recipes

The Classic Old Fashioned (aka Spoon Cocktail)

Classic | Cocktail | from Anders Erickson

The first known definition of the word "cock-tail" was published 13th May 1806 in The Balance and Columbian Repository, an upstate New York newspaper, in response to a reader enquiring what was meant by the word in an article.

Cock-tail, then, is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters--it is vulgarly called a bittered sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, in as much as it renders the heart flout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said also, to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because, a person having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else.

Editor, The Balance and Columbian Repository, 13 May 1806

Ingredients

Amount	Ingredient	Brand
1 cube 1 1⁄2 cube 2 cube 3 cube	Sugar
1 splash 1 1⁄2 splash 2 splash 3 splash	Soda Water	Fever Tree
2 dashes 3 dashes 4 dashes 6 dashes	Bitters	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 oz / 50 ml 3 oz / 75 ml 4 oz / 100 ml 6 oz / 150 ml	Rye Whiskey	Old Overholt Straight 86 proof

Notes

• Method: Build in the Glass
• Pour: Add all ingredients directly to the glass
• Glassware:
  • Low Ball
  • Large Ice Cube
• Garnish: Serve with a small spoon (optional)
• Special Prep: Add the sugar cube, soda water and bitters to the glass and muddle them into a fine paste. Then add the rye whiskey amd ice and stir. Expressed lemon oil over the cocktail.