Midnight Noir Old Fashioned
A dark, spirit-forward Old Fashioned: overproof rye sweetened with demerara and seasoned with chocolate and black walnut bitters, finished with a cherry and a dried orange wheel.
5ozRocks / Old-Fashioned holds 5 oz of liquidShort glass built over ice. Half its volume is ice, so liquid stays low.Build
| Chocolate bitters | 3 dashes |
| Black walnut bitters | 1 dash |
| Demerara Syrup | ½ oz15 ml¼ oz7.5 ml⅜ oz10 ml⅝ oz20 ml¾ oz20 ml |
| Overproof rye whiskey | 2 oz60 ml1 oz30 ml1 ½ oz45 ml2 ½ oz75 ml3 oz90 ml |
Rescaled to your 1 oz30 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.
Rescaled to your 1 ½ oz45 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.
Already built on your 2 oz60 ml pour.
Rescaled to your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.
Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.
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Preparations
Place 1 cup water in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Add ½ cup demerara sugar and 1 ½ cups sugar and stir until they have dissolved. Remove the pan from heat and let the syrup cool completely before using or storing.
Method
- Add the bitters, demerara syrup and rye to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until chilled and diluted.
- Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
- Spear a cocktail cherry to a dehydrated orange wheel and garnish with it.
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- Rum Old Fashioned
- Dark Rum Old Fashionedtwo rums on a sugar cube, with orange bitters alongside
Recipe by Brandon of B Rocka Cocktails (@b_rocka.cocktails (opens in a new tab)). View the original post (opens in a new tab) on Instagram.
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