The Old Fashioned's first recipe dates back to 1862 under its old name "Whiskey Cocktail", but the current recipe comes from the "Pendennis Club" in Louisville, Kentucky. The Old Fashioned was developed by the club's bartender and a club member, James E. Pepper who incidentally owned the “Pepper” bourbon brand (that makes things easier…). The name given to this cocktail was the "Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail".
James E. Pepper was so proud of his cocktail that he ordered an Old Fashioned on all of his trips while teaching the bartender the recipe.
Prohibition in the US changed the recipe as with other cocktails from the USA. The bartenders crushed the sugar and the bitter with an orange zest while adding soda water and two maraschino cherries covering the taste of alcohol and bitter. The cocktail also took its final name of "Old Fashioned", it is easy to understand why the words Whiskey Cocktail have disappeared.
INGREDIENTS FOR 1 PERSON:
- 6 cl of whiskey (bourbon, whiskey)
- 1 piece of sugar
- 1 dash of angostura bitters
- 1 orange peel
- 3 ice cubes
- sparkling water
OLD FASHIONED PREPARATION:
- Make the recipe in a mixing glass
- Put the sugar in the glass, sprinkle it with angostura, a drop of whiskey then mash it and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add ice cubes and whiskey.
- Serve in an "old fashioned" type glass.
- Extend the cocktail with sparkling water
- Add the orange zest