Old-Fashioned
[Death & Co]
North Garden
Coupe
Ingredients
- 11⁄2 oz
- Laird's 100 Proof Straight Apple Brandy (Bottled in Bond)
- 3⁄4 oz
- Buffalo Trace Bourbon
- 1⁄4 oz
- Laphroaig 10-Year Scotch
- 1 tsp
- demerara syrup
- 1 dash
- Angostura aromatic bitters
Stir it Up
- Stir all ingredients over ice
- Strain into coupe
Background & History
"A guest once asked me to make a cocktail that tasted like 'the great American novel.' So I combined apple brandy from our country's oldest distillery with a classic bourbon." - Jason Littrell, Death & Co
Notes & Review
Very boozy with two and a half ounces of brandy + bourbon + Scotch but the demerara syrup and bitters do a lot to bring this all together nicely. It's a good alternative to a Manhattan or Old-Fashioned and a great intro to Laphroaig, which can be a bully and is pretty intense, but plays a very successful background role here.