OLD old Fashioned (circa 1870's) - the Sazerac

Name: OLD old Fashioned (circa 1870's) - the Sazerac
Ingredients: 2 barspoons Gomme (gum) syrup; 1 barspoon Curacao — dash; 1 barspoon Maraschino liqueur — dash; 1–2 dashes Absinthe; 2–4 dashes Angostura bitters; 2 oz Rye — 60ml; Orange peel (with or without flame)

old-fashioned · rye

The ancestor, from back when improving a cocktail meant adding four more things to it and hoping. The absinthe and the maraschino both go in by the dash, because a heavy hand turns the whole thing into a liquorice accident. Rye, a big cube, and a century and a half of second-guessing.

Ingredients

Where there's a range: the low end is lighter, the high end is fuller.

2 barspoonsGomme (gum) syrup
1 barspoonCuracao — dash
1 barspoonMaraschino liqueur — dash
1–2 dashesAbsinthe
2–4 dashesAngostura bitters
2 ozRye — 60ml

Garnish

Orange peel (with or without flame)

Method

Build over a big ice cube, stir, and garnish with orange peel (with or without flame). Serve.

Steve’s notes

Circa 1870s "Improved" Cocktail.