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Spirit-forward · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Old Fashion Cocktail

An old fashioned Sherwood whiskey cocktail with sugar, water, Angostura, lemon peel, and ice.

Served in Small thick-bottom glass or mint smash glass. Ice: One lump.

Variants (4)

The Barkeeper's Manual by Raymond E. Sullivan (1910, p.8) — Sullivan 1910, cocktails section

1 small piecelemon peel acid
1 lumpSugar cube — sugarbase
1 jiggerWhiskey — Sherwood Whiskeybase
1 dashAngostura bitters — Angostura Bittersbitter
littlewater — Used to dissolve sugar; a little more added with whiskey.dilution
  1. Use a small thick-bottom glass or mint smash glass, dissolve sugar in a little water, add bitters, lemon peel, one lump of ice, whiskey, and a little water, stir together, and serve.

Garnish: Lemon peel

Ice: One lump

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.36)

1 piecelemon peel — Lemon peelacid
1 lumpsugar — Sugarbase
1 jiggerwhisky — Whiskybase
2 dashAngostura bitters bitter
1 small pieceice — Iceother
  1. Build in the glass and serve with a spoon.

Garnish: Lemon peel

Ice: Ice

Julian's Recipes by Julian Anderson (1919, p.10)

1 piecelemon peel acid
1 teaspoonfulsugar base
1 jiggerwhiskey or gin base
2 dashesorange bitters bitter
1 tablespoonfulwater dilution
1.5 piecesice other
  1. Put the sugar, water, orange bitters, lemon peel, ice, and whiskey or gin into a whiskey tumbler.
  2. Stir with a spoon, top with fruit, and serve in the same glass.

Garnish: Pineapple, orange, and cherry

Ice: Ice

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.47)

1 glassrye whisky — Rye whiskybase
0.5 cubesugar — Sugarbase
4 dashAngostura bitters — On the sugar.bitter
1 pieceice — Iceother
1 zestlemon zest — Lemon zestother
  1. Build directly in the glass, stir lightly, and serve in the same glass.

Garnish: Lemon zest

Ice: Ice

See also: Whiskey Cocktail, Sazerac Cocktail

Source says it may be made with either gin or whiskey.