Ingredients

  • 2 ozbourbon
  • ½ ozpedro ximenez sherry
  • 2 dasheschocolate bitters
  • 1 barspoonsimple syrup
  • 🍋Orange twist and cherry(garnish)

🔧 Tools

mixing glassjiggerbar spoonstrainerrocks glass

Instructions

  1. Add bourbon, Pedro Ximenez sherry, chocolate bitters, and simple syrup to a mixing glass.
  2. Fill with ice and stir for 25 to 30 seconds until well chilled and diluted.
  3. Strain over a large ice sphere or single large cube in a rocks glass.
  4. Express an orange twist over the glass, run it around the rim, and add as garnish.
  5. Add a cocktail cherry if desired.

📜 History

The Sherry Old Fashioned is a modern evolution of the Old Fashioned, the foundational cocktail first defined in print in 1806 as a mixture of spirit, water, sugar, and bitters. Contemporary bartenders began substituting Pedro Ximenez sherry for the traditional sugar or simple syrup, discovering that PX's intensely sweet, raisin-heavy character integrates seamlessly with aged bourbon and chocolate bitters. The result is an Old Fashioned with greater depth and texture, one that gained widespread popularity in craft cocktail bars during the 2010s as interest in fortified wines surged.

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