Aquavit Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned framework lets aquavit take center stage. Caraway and dill botanicals shine alongside aromatic bitters and a hint of sweetness.
- 2 ozaquavit
- ¼ ozsimple syrup
- 2 dashesangostura bitters
- Orange peel, expressedgarnish
- 1Add simple syrup and Angostura bitters to a mixing glass.
- 2Add aquavit and fill the mixing glass with ice.
- 3Stir for 20 to 30 seconds until well chilled and diluted.
- 4Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice sphere.
- 5Express an orange peel over the glass and place it as garnish.
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The Old Fashioned is among the oldest cocktail templates on record, dating to the early nineteenth century as simply spirit, sweetener, water, and bitters. Aquavit producers in Scandinavia and craft distilleries in the United States began promoting the format as an ideal showcase for aged and unaged aquavit, whose herbal complexity performs similarly to rye whiskey in a spirit-forward stirred drink.
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