Apple Old Fashioned Recipe (2024)

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What is in an apple cider old fashioned? ›

Make the Old Fashioned

In a mixing glass, add 2 1/2 ounces bourbon, 1/2 ounce apple cider syrup, and 2 dashes Angostura bitters.

Sales of hard cider and other alcoholic apple drinks are up like Apple stock. This winter, work your way through this refreshing-to-drink list, which includes hard cider, yes, but also apple vodka, applejack, calvados, and even a batch co*cktail recipe that goes extra on the apples.

Some say that the drink actually originated in Louisville, Kentucky in 1880 at a private social club called The Pendennis Club. The recipe is linked to bartender and bourbon distillery, James E. Pepper.

Vodka and ginger

Traditionally cider is spiked with dark spirits, like the rum and bourbon in the recipes above. But what if you want something a little lighter? Vodka can do the trick. Since it doesn't contribute much in the way of flavor, we add fresh ginger for its distinctive, peppery-sweet flavor.

The Old Fashioned is arguably the most well-known whiskey co*cktail in the world. Essentially just a slug of bourbon that's been lightly sweetened with sugar and modified with a couple dashes of bitters, it's dead simple to make, but within this basic template is a world of opinions and flavor.

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Widely recognized as the first co*cktail, the old fashioned is a go-to co*cktail for bourbon lovers. The Double Old Fashioned is a three ounce pour of bourbon straight from the barrel, a blend of three bitters, and demerara syrup with a hint of orange zest.

An apple martini (appletini for short) is a co*cktail containing vodka and one or more of apple juice, apple cider, apple liqueur, or apple brandy. Appletini (aka apple martini)

Warming brown spirits like rum, bourbon, and whiskey pair particularly well with apples this time of year, offering comforting flavor combinations that are as refreshing in the warm days of early fall as they are comforting as the weather gets colder.

Cider (/ˈsaɪdər/ SY-dər) is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples.

There are few drinks manlier than an Old Fashioned. But the simple syrup in this staple (as well as co*cktails like a Whiskey Sour) isn't so simple, nutritionally speaking. “Just 1-ounce packs in over 5 teaspoons of added sugar,” Holthaus says. “And a 6-ounce Old Fashioned will cost you around 260 calories.”

What is the oldest co*cktail in the world? ›

What was the first ever co*cktail? Accounts differ, but most experts agree that the first co*cktail was the Sazerac, a blend of whisky, absinthe, bitters and sugar. Created in New Orleans in the mid-1800s, this is one of the first co*cktails recognisable by name and remains a favourite to this day.

Snakebite is a mixture of lager and alcoholic cider that is sometimes euphemistically referred to as a “beer co*cktail.” Technically, as a mix of drinks, it is a co*cktail, but beyond that technicality it has little in common with what we generally think of as co*cktails.

Hard cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples (like how wine is made from fermented grapes). Like wine, starting with fruit gives hard cider taste profiles that range from fruity to dry. Your palette can pick up on the acids and tannins that come from the wide variety of apples.

Looking for the best whiskey for apple cider? Reach for BLACKENED's award-winning, super-premium blend, crafted using only the finest hand-selected, well-aged bourbons and ryes. Want to kick your apple cider whiskey co*cktail up a notch? Try BLACKENED's cask strength whiskey.

This apple cider co*cktail just might be the drink of fall—and it also happens to be Martha's favorite Thanksgiving co*cktail. Sometimes she calls it a cider bourbon smash or a sour—whatever you call it, it's a winner.

Heritage ciders are made from both culinary and cider apples, including bittersweet, bittersharp, heirlooms, wild apples, and crabapples. Common apples used in heritage cider production include Dabinett, Kingston Black, Roxbury Russet, and Wickson.

Both apple juice and apple cider are made from the juice of pressed apples. The main difference between apple cider and apple juice is how they are processed. Apple cider is raw, unfiltered, and unsweetened, and is typically sold unpasteurized (which makes it perishable and why it requires refrigeration).

Cider (cyder, United States: hard cider) is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of apple juice; a related product, perry (also known as pear cider) is produced by the fermentation of pear juice. Cider and perry have been produced for more than 2000 years in temperate areas of the world.