This tiny Hayes Valley haven brings a feminine touch to the classic
via its worshipped Chamomile Old Fashioned, where dry chamomile
flowers are infused in Old Forester 86 Bourbon.
You won't find the Old Fashioned on the cocktail menu, but it includes bourbon, Angostura bitters, a dash of simple
syrup, orange and lemon peel, with Turbinado sugar sprinkled on top.
Many flock here for the Elote Old Fashioned, which will stay on the menu through December. It's been their second most popular cocktail, based on sales, says bartender Matt Grippo.
Elixir proprietor H. Joseph Ehrmann added the Old Fashioned Pilgrim to
the menu this week to create buzz for November's Give Back the Bird
charity program.
Bar Manager Christopher Longoria says his Old Fashioned 17 pops with color and gets
an added dose of swagger from the Jelenik Fernet.
The Sazerac
is an ode to the Big Easy. The Bourbon Old
Fashioned is nothing more than a slug of bourbon on the rocks with bitters, a little sugar and lemon peel to take the
edge off.
The "California" version
of Holland gin comes from St. George Spirits and stars in its Rye Gin
Old Fashioned. For the cherry effect, Lane swears by the Leopold Bros.
Maraschino from Colorado.
The Old Fashioned relies on a nontraditional Old Fashioned
spirit (Banks 5 Island Rum), swirled with velvet Falernum, allspice
dram and angostura bitters.
This funky Asian eatery gets whimsical with its Old Fashioned,
throwing in a house made cola syrup that pairs well with its play
mates (bitters and James E. Pepper rye).
Keeping in line with its name, this longtime legend sticks to the original roots of the Old Fashioned: muddled sugar,
cherry, orange, Angostura bitters, soda water, and Woodford
bourbon.
This 16-year-old handcrafted cocktail pioneer hidden off of Broadway
caters to an old-timey crowd (no TVs here), so it's no surprise their
Old Fashioned stays close to the first recorded recipe.
Beverage director Steve Izzo uses
Heering cherry liqueur instead of the Maraschino cherries and
club soda as a throwback. The benedictine is there to add a bit of an herbal
aromatic, he adds.
The $20 Old Fashioned Flight will
get you three small glasses of a wide variety: rye and demerara;
bourbon and maple; and scotch and honey.
