Dark Rum Old Fashioned
Built in the glass on a sugar cube rather than poured over syrup. Two bitters instead of one, and a small overproof float that shows up on the finish.
5ozRocks / Old-Fashioned holds 5 oz of liquidShort glass built over ice. Half its volume is ice, so liquid stays low.Build
| Sugar cube | 1 |
| Angostura bitters | 2 dashes |
| Orange bitters | 2 dashes |
| Water | a few dashes |
| Dark rum | 1 ½ oz45 ml1 oz30 ml2 oz60 ml2 ½ oz75 ml3 oz90 ml |
| Overproof rum | ⅜ oz10 ml¼ oz6.5 ml½ oz15 ml⅝ oz20 ml |
Rescaled to your 1 oz30 ml pour. Written around 1 ½ oz45 ml.
Already built on your 1 ½ oz45 ml pour.
Rescaled to your 2 oz60 ml pour. Written around 1 ½ oz45 ml.
Rescaled to your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour. Written around 1 ½ oz45 ml.
Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 1 ½ oz45 ml.
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Method
- Put the sugar cube in a rocks glass and soak it with both bitters.
- Add a few dashes of water and stir until most of the sugar has gone.
- Fill the glass with ice, then add the dark rum and the overproof.
- Squeeze a strip of orange peel over the top and drop it in.
Related drinks
- Old Fashionedthe one this riffs on
- Japanese Old Fashioned
- Oaxaca Old Fashioned
- Rum Old Fashioned
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