
The Ridgeline
Noah's Mill Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
Noah's Mill
Recipe
2 oz Noah's Mill · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Averna · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with an orange twist.
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The Ridgeline
Noah's Mill
Recipe
2 oz Noah's Mill · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Averna · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with an orange twist.

Bluegrass Highball
Benchmark
Recipe
2 oz Benchmark Top Floor · 4 oz chilled ginger ale · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Build over ice in a Collins glass, garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Taut Line
New Riff
Recipe
2 oz New Riff Balboa Rye Bourbon, 0.75 oz Amaro Nonino, 0.25 oz Demerara syrup, 2 dashes orange bitters, 1 dash Angostura. Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, express an orange peel over the surface and drop in.

Charcoal Old Fashioned
Yellowstone
Recipe
2 oz Yellowstone Hand Picked Single Barrel · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel.

Danville Sour
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Cask Strength Wheated · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz maple syrup · 1 egg white · Dry shake, then shake with ice, strain into a coupe, dash of Angostura.

Paper Plane Variation
W.L. Weller
Recipe
2 oz W.L. Weller 12 · 0.75 oz Amaro Nonino · 0.75 oz Aperol · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · Shake with ice and strain into a coupe.

Hill Country Sour
Garrison Brothers
Recipe
2 oz Garrison Brothers Balmorhea · 1 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.75 oz demerara syrup · 1 egg white · Dry shake, then shake with ice · Strain into coupe · Angostura bitters garnish

The Waypoint Old Fashioned
Rowan's Creek
Recipe
2 oz Rowan's Creek, 1 barspoon wildflower honey syrup (2:1 honey to warm water), 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 dash orange bitters. Stir with ice until well-chilled; strain over a large cube in a rocks glass. Express an orange peel over the surface and drop in.

Stone Orchard Old Fashioned
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Single Barrel Cask Strength · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with an expressed orange peel.

Port Authority
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Dovetail · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.

The Long Summer
Elijah Craig
Recipe
2 oz Elijah Craig 18 Year · 0.5 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice 30 seconds, strain into a rocks glass with a single large cube, express orange peel.

Ridgeline Manhattan
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Cask Strength Rye · 1 oz Carpano Antica Formula · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a Luxardo cherry.

Bardstown Boulevardier
Very Old Barton
Recipe
2 oz Very Old Barton BiB · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz sweet vermouth · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with orange peel.

Margin Old Fashioned
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Recipe
2 oz Bardstown Discovery #11 · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass over large cube, express orange peel.

Copper Current
Maker's Mark
Recipe
2 oz Maker's Mark Wood Finishing Series · 0.75 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with large cube, express orange peel.

Seagrass Swizzle
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Seagrass · 0.75 oz lime juice · 0.5 oz apricot liqueur · 0.25 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Flash blend or swizzle with crushed ice. Garnish with a mint bouquet and grated nutmeg.

Orchard Lane
Four Roses
Recipe
2 oz Four Roses Small Batch · 0.75 oz apple cider syrup · 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a thin apple slice.

Twelve Seasons Old Fashioned
1792
Recipe
2 oz 1792 Aged 12 Year · 1 bar spoon demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

The Thorned Old Fashioned
Old Grand-Dad
Recipe
2 oz Old Grand-Dad Bonded · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and drop it in.

Limestone Boulevardier
Calumet Farm
Recipe
2 oz Calumet Farm 12 Year · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz sweet vermouth · Stir over ice, strain into a rocks glass with one large cube, garnish with an orange twist.

Equinox Old Fashioned
Stellum
Recipe
2 oz Stellum Equinox · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass over a large cube, express orange peel.

The Shadow Old Fashioned
Belle Meade
Recipe
2 oz Belle Meade Cask Strength · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

The Broken Seal
Old Forester
Recipe
2 oz Old Forester Single Barrel · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Cherry Heering · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a brandied cherry.

Danville Drift
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Rye · 0.75 oz Aperol · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a rocks glass with one large cube, garnish with an orange twist.

Meridian Old Fashioned
Bulleit
Recipe
2 oz Bulleit 10 Year · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass over large cube, garnish with expressed orange peel.

Toasted Passage
Penelope Bourbon
Recipe
2 oz Penelope Toasted · 0.75 oz Amaro Nonino · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a rocks glass with a large cube, garnish with a torched orange peel.

Paper Plane Variation
Rabbit Hole
Recipe
2 oz Rabbit Hole Cavehill · 0.75 oz Aperol · 0.75 oz Amaro Nonino · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · Shake with ice, double strain into a coupe.

Brown Sugar Old Fashioned
Old Forester
Recipe
2 oz Old Forester 1870 · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Build over a single large ice cube, stir gently, express an orange peel over the glass.

Limestone Old Fashioned
Yellowstone
Recipe
2 oz Yellowstone Hand Picked Collection · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with large cube, express orange peel.

Scorched Orchard
Kentucky Owl
Recipe
2 oz Kentucky Owl Wiseman · 0.75 oz apple cider syrup · 0.5 oz lemon juice · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a torched apple slice.

Sherry Lane Manhattan
Minor Case
Recipe
2 oz Minor Case Rye · 1 oz sweet vermouth · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a Luxardo cherry.

Danville Paper Plane
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
1 oz Wilderness Trail Wheated · 1 oz Aperol · 1 oz Amaro Nonino · 1 oz fresh lemon juice · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.

The Lightning Rod
Stellum Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Stellum Black Bourbon, 0.25 oz Demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 dash black walnut bitters. Stir over a large cube, express an orange peel, and drop it in. Serve in a heavy rocks glass.

Weathervane Old Fashioned
Elijah Craig
Recipe
2 oz Elijah Craig 1789 · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with large cube, express orange peel.

Newport Old Fashioned
New Riff
Recipe
2 oz New Riff BiB · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass over large cube, garnish with orange peel.

Bluegrass Ember
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail BiB · 0.75 oz honey syrup · 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.

The Mariner's Old Fashioned
Jefferson's
Recipe
2 oz Jefferson's Ocean Voyage 30, 1 barspoon demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 dash orange bitters, a tiny pinch of flaky sea salt. Stir over a large ice cube and express an orange peel over the top before dropping it in.

Kindling Old Fashioned
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Recipe
2 oz Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Wheated BiB · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with a torched orange peel.

Independence Old Fashioned
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Bourbon Batch 037 · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express orange peel over glass.

Dry Creek Old Fashioned
W.L. Weller
Recipe
2 oz Weller Full Proof · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel, discard.

Old Timber Old Fashioned
Knob Creek
Recipe
2 oz Knob Creek 12 Year · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

Copper Thread Old Fashioned
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Bourbon Batch 035 · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the glass.

The Cooper's Handshake
Maker's Mark
Recipe
2 oz Maker's Mark Private Select · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Licor 43 · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with an expressed orange peel.

Rye Line Old Fashioned
Redemption
Recipe
2 oz Redemption High Rye Bourbon · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large rock, express an orange peel and drop it in.

Confiscated Old Fashioned
Kentucky Owl
Recipe
2 oz Kentucky Owl Confiscated · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with a large cube, express orange peel.

Red River Old Fashioned
Ironroot Republic
Recipe
2 oz Ironroot Republic Harbinger · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with large cube, express orange peel.

Rough Manhattan
Wild Turkey
Recipe
2 oz Rare Breed Rye · 1 oz sweet vermouth · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a Luxardo cherry.

Decade Old Fashioned
Michter's
Recipe
2 oz Michter's 10 Year Bourbon · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

Ember & Iron
1792
Recipe
2 oz 1792 Full Proof · 0.5 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with a large cube, garnish with flamed orange peel.

The Counterweight
Four Roses
Recipe
2 oz Four Roses Small Batch Select · 0.75 oz Amaro Nonino · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass with a large cube. Express an orange peel over the surface.

Bluegrass Boulevardier
Pinhook
Recipe
2 oz Pinhook Bourbon War · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz sweet vermouth · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with orange peel.

Wheat & Honey Old Fashioned
Larceny
Recipe
2 oz Larceny Barrel Proof · 0.5 oz honey syrup (1:1) · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large rock, express orange peel over glass.

The Long Pause
Woodford Reserve
Recipe
2 oz Woodford Reserve Very Fine Rare · 0.5 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the glass.

The Cooper's Old Fashioned
David Nicholson
Recipe
2 oz David Nicholson Reserve · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with an expressed orange peel.

Ember Old Fashioned
Rebel
Recipe
2 oz Rebel Cask Strength · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

Copper Drift Old Fashioned
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Gray Label Bourbon · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain over a large cube, express orange peel.

The Stave Smash
Ezra Brooks
Recipe
2 oz Ezra Brooks 99 · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz demerara syrup · 4 mint leaves · Shake hard with ice, strain over crushed ice, garnish with mint sprig.

Toasted Paper Plane
Elijah Craig
Recipe
1 oz Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel · 1 oz Aperol · 1 oz Amaro Nonino · 1 oz fresh lemon juice · Shake with ice and strain into a coupe.

Bowman's Old Fashioned
John J. Bowman
Recipe
2 oz John J. Bowman Single Barrel · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express orange peel.

Louisville Mineral
Peerless
Recipe
2 oz Peerless Rye · 0.75 oz Carpano Antica Formula · 0.25 oz Cherry Heering · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with brandied cherry.

Danville Julep
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Wheated BiB · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 8 mint leaves · Muddle mint gently, add bourbon and honey syrup, pack with crushed ice, garnish with mint sprig.

Noon Old Fashioned
Widow Jane
Recipe
2 oz Widow Jane 10 Year · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the glass.

Desert Gold
Frey Ranch
Recipe
2 oz Frey Ranch Bourbon · 0.75 oz honey syrup · 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.

Limestone Sour
Willett
Recipe
2 oz Willett 4 Year · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 1 dash Angostura bitters · Shake hard with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon wheel.

Seasonal Divide
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Recipe
2 oz Bardstown Discovery #10 · 0.5 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with a large cube, express orange peel over the surface.

Sour Mash Sour
Michter's
Recipe
2 oz Michter's Sour Mash · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz rich demerara syrup · 1 dash Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.

The Forester's Word
Old Forester
Recipe
2 oz Old Forester 100 · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.5 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with brandied cherry.

Desert Heat Old Fashioned
Smoke Wagon
Recipe
2 oz Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and garnish.

Limestone Mule
Hotel Tango
Recipe
2 oz Hotel Tango Bourbon · 0.75 oz fresh lime juice · 3 oz ginger beer · Build over ice in a copper mug, garnish with a lime wheel and candied ginger.

Charred Manhattan
Old Forester
Recipe
2 oz Old Forester 1910 · 1 oz Carpano Antica Formula · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a Luxardo cherry.

Wheat & Stone
W.L. Weller
Recipe
2 oz Old Weller Antique · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz cherry liqueur · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a brandied cherry.

Gilded Old Fashioned
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Gold Label Bourbon · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

Pikesville Manhattan
Pikesville
Recipe
2 oz Pikesville Rye · 1 oz Carpano Antica Formula · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a Luxardo cherry.

The Paddock Old Fashioned
Calumet Farm
Recipe
2 oz Calumet Farm 16 Year · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with an orange peel.

The Double Standard
Lux Row Distillers
Recipe
2 oz Lux Row Double Barrel · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Amaro Nonino · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with brandied cherry.

Smoked Pecan Old Fashioned
Wild Turkey
Recipe
2 oz Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and garnish.

The Long Watch
Orphan Barrel
Recipe
2 oz Rhetoric 25 · 0.5 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

The Long Watch
George Dickel
Recipe
2 oz George Dickel BiB 13 · 0.5 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a rocks glass with a large cube, express an orange peel.

Farmstead Smash
Jeptha Creed
Recipe
2 oz Jeptha Creed Four Grain Bourbon · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 4 mint leaves · Muddle mint gently, shake with ice, strain over crushed ice, garnish with a mint sprig.

Yellowstone Smash
Yellowstone
Recipe
2 oz Yellowstone Select · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 4 mint leaves · Shake with ice, strain over crushed ice, garnish with a mint sprig.

Ember Manhattan
Jack Daniel's
Recipe
2 oz Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select · 1 oz sweet vermouth · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with Luxardo cherry.

The Patient Old Fashioned
Old Forester
Recipe
2 oz Old Forester Statesman · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain over a large rock, express an orange peel.

Limestone Old Fashioned
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Cask Strength · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Build over a large ice cube, stir gently, express an orange peel.

Toasted Boulevardier
Michter's
Recipe
2 oz Michter's Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon · 1 oz Cocchi di Torino · 0.75 oz Campari · Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain into a coupe, garnish with a flamed orange peel.

Rickhouse Old Fashioned
Russell's Reserve
Recipe
2 oz Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

Ember Old Fashioned
Rebel Yell
Recipe
2 oz Rebel Yell 10 Year · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with a torched orange peel.

Black Walnut Old Fashioned
Stagg Jr.
Recipe
2 oz Stagg Jr. · 0.25 oz black walnut liqueur · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

The Timekeeper
Penelope Bourbon
Recipe
2 oz Penelope Architect · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz allspice dram · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with brandied cherry.

The Nicholson Neat Sour
David Nicholson
Recipe
2 oz David Nicholson 1843 · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz demerara syrup · 1 dash Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Ledger
Old Forester
Recipe
2 oz Old Forester 1897 · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Amaro Nonino · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a brandied cherry.

The Proof Positive
Woodford Reserve
Recipe
2 oz Woodford Reserve Batch Proof · 0.5 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the glass.

Port Authority Old Fashioned
Isaac Bowman
Recipe
2 oz Isaac Bowman Port Barrel Finished · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with a brandied cherry.

Harvest Tide Old Fashioned
Barrell Craft Spirits
Recipe
2 oz Barrell Bourbon Batch 036 · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express orange peel over the glass.

Midnight Old Fashioned
Kentucky Owl
Recipe
2 oz Kentucky Owl Batch 12 · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash black walnut bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

Peerless Old Fashioned
Peerless
Recipe
2 oz Peerless Bourbon · 0.25 oz rich demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

Cascadia Old Fashioned
Woodinville
Recipe
2 oz Woodinville Bourbon · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, garnish with a dehydrated apple slice.

Bardstown Old Fashioned
Heaven Hill
Recipe
2 oz Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond · 1 barspoon demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel.

Limestone Old Fashioned
Old Fitzgerald
Recipe
2 oz Old Fitzgerald BiB · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel.

Wheated Paper Plane
W.L. Weller
Recipe
1 oz W.L. Weller Special Reserve · 1 oz Aperol · 1 oz Amaro Nonino · 1 oz fresh lemon juice · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe.

Threshold Old Fashioned
Elijah Craig
Recipe
2 oz Elijah Craig Barrel Proof · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express orange peel over the glass.

Greenbrier Old Fashioned
Smooth Ambler
Recipe
2 oz Smooth Ambler Old Scout · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express orange peel.

Nashville Old Fashioned
Belle Meade
Recipe
2 oz Belle Meade Reserve · 0.25 oz sorghum syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

Threadline Old Fashioned
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Recipe
2 oz Bardstown Fusion #9 · 0.25 oz maple syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel and discard.

Copper Current
Stellum
Recipe
2 oz Stellum Bourbon · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Amaro Averna · 2 dashes orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into coupe, express orange peel.

Copper Old Fashioned
Woodford Reserve
Recipe
2 oz Woodford Reserve · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel over the surface.

Smoke Signal
Yellowstone
Recipe
2 oz Yellowstone Limited Edition · 0.75 oz sweet vermouth · 0.25 oz Averna amaro · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Stir over ice and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.

The Nightwatch
Old Elk
Recipe
2 oz Old Elk Bourbon · 0.75 oz Demerara syrup · 2 dashes walnut bitters · Stir over a large cube, express an orange peel, and discard.

The Cask Old Fashioned: 2 oz Maker's Mark Cask Strength, 0.25 oz demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura, 1 dash orange bitters. Stir, strain over large cube, express orange peel.
Beam Suntory
Recipe
The Cask Old Fashioned: 2 oz Maker's Mark Cask Strength, 0.25 oz demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura, 1 dash orange bitters. Stir, strain over large cube, express orange peel.

Cocktail
Balcones Distilling
Recipe
The Texas Tradition: Combine 2 oz Balcones Texas Pot Still, 0.25 oz mesquite honey syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, and 1 dash chocolate bitters in a mixing glass. Stir with ice for thirty seconds, strain over a large cube in a rocks glass, and garnish with an expressed orange peel. The mesquite honey leans into the bourbon's roasted-grain character rather than fighting it.

Cocktail
New Riff Distilling
Recipe
"The Newport Old Fashioned": Muddle one sugar cube with three dashes of Angostura bitters and a splash of water. Add 2 oz New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon and stir with a large ice cube for 30 seconds. Express an orange peel over the glass and drop it in. The barrel proof stands up beautifully to dilution, opening layers of caramel and spice as the ice slowly melts.

Cocktail
Alltech / Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co.
Recipe
"The Limestone Old Fashioned": Muddle a sugar cube with 2 dashes Angostura bitters and a splash of branch water. Add 2 oz Town Branch Single Barrel Reserve, stir with a large ice cube for 30 seconds. Express an orange peel over the glass and garnish. The mineral quality of this bourbon makes it an exceptional Old Fashioned base — the stone-filtered water character amplifies the bitters.

Cocktail
Wilderness Trail Distillery
Recipe
The Lab Rat: 2 oz Wilderness Trail BiB, 0.75 oz honey syrup, 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.

Cocktail
Beam Suntory
Recipe
The Slow Old Fashioned: Combine 2 oz Old Grand-Dad 114, 1 bar spoon demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, and 1 dash orange bitters over a large ice cube. Stir gently for thirty seconds — the high proof means this cocktail will evolve in the glass as the ice slowly dilutes, revealing new layers over twenty minutes.

Cocktail
Campari Group
Recipe
Rare Breed Old Fashioned: Combine 2 oz Wild Turkey Rare Breed with 1 bar spoon of demerara syrup and 2 dashes of Angostura bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 30 seconds and strain into a rocks glass over a single large ice cube. Express an orange peel over the surface and drop it in.

Cocktail
Pernod Ricard
Recipe
The Emigrant Old Fashioned: 2 oz Rabbit Hole Dareringer, 0.25 oz Pedro Ximénez sherry, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 dash orange bitters. Stir over a large cube, garnish with a flamed orange peel.

Cocktail
Beam Suntory
Recipe
The Seared Old Fashioned: 2 oz Maker's Mark 46 · 1 barspoon maple syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Orange peel, torched with a lighter to caramelize the oils. Stir over a single large cube.

Cocktail
Beam Suntory
Recipe
The Signature Old Fashioned: 2 oz Baker's 7 · 1 bar spoon demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Express an orange peel over the glass and drop it in.

Cocktail
Heaven Hill Brands
Recipe
The High Road Old Fashioned: 2 oz Henry McKenna 10, 1 barspoon demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 orange peel.

Heaven Hill Brands
Recipe
— The Architect's Old Fashioned: 2 oz Evan Williams Single Barrel · 1 sugar cube · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Orange peel garnish. Muddle sugar with bitters, add bourbon and a large ice cube, stir gently, express orange peel over the glass.

Cocktail
Sazerac Company
Recipe
The 1792 Old Fashioned: Muddle a sugar cube with two dashes of Angostura bitters and a splash of water. Add 2 oz 1792 Small Batch and stir with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over a single large cube. Express an orange peel over the surface and drop it in.

Cocktail
Louisville Distilling Company (Bacardi)
Recipe
The Second Chapter: 2 oz Angel's Envy Rye · 0.75 oz Averna amaro · 0.5 oz maple syrup · 2 dashes orange bitters · Orange twist garnish.

Cocktail
Beam Suntory
Recipe
The Hayden’s Highball: 2 oz Basil Hayden’s · 4 oz chilled club soda · expressed lemon peel garnish.

Cocktail
Garrison Brothers Distillery
Recipe
The Lone Star Sour: 2 oz Garrison Brothers Small Batch · ¾ oz fresh lemon juice · ½ oz honey syrup (1:1) · 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters · optional egg white. Dry shake all ingredients, add ice and shake again. Strain into a rocks glass over a large cube.

Cocktail
Sazerac Company
Recipe
Eagle Rare Old Fashioned: 2 oz Eagle Rare 10 Year · 1 sugar cube · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Large ice cube · Orange peel garnish. Muddle the sugar cube with bitters. Add Eagle Rare and stir 30 seconds with the large ice cube. Express orange peel over the glass, rub the rim, and drop it in.


The Endurance Old Fashioned: Muddle one sugar cube with two dashes Angostura bitters and a splash of water. Add 2 oz Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old, fill with a single large ice cube, stir gently for 30 seconds.
Campari Group
Recipe
The Endurance Old Fashioned: Muddle one sugar cube with two dashes Angostura bitters and a splash of water. Add 2 oz Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old, fill with a single large ice cube, stir gently for 30 seconds.

The Creek Old Fashioned: Muddle a sugar cube with 3 dashes Angostura bitters and a splash of water. Add 2 oz Knob Creek 9, stir with a large ice cube for 30 seconds. Express an orange peel over the glass and drop it in.
Beam Suntory
Recipe
The Creek Old Fashioned: Muddle a sugar cube with 3 dashes Angostura bitters and a splash of water. Add 2 oz Knob Creek 9, stir with a large ice cube for 30 seconds. Express an orange peel over the glass and drop it in.

The Warehouse H Old Fashioned: 2 oz Blanton's Original · 1 bar spoon demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · large ice cube. Stir gently in a crystal rocks glass, express an orange peel over the surface, and drop it in.
Sazerac Company (Buffalo Trace, est. 1773)
Recipe
The Warehouse H Old Fashioned: 2 oz Blanton's Original · 1 bar spoon demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · large ice cube. Stir gently in a crystal rocks glass, express an orange peel over the surface, and drop it in.

Cocktail
Louisville Distilling Company (Angel's Envy, est. 2010)
Recipe
The Port of Call: 2 oz Angel's Envy · ¾ oz fresh lemon juice · ½ oz ruby port · ½ oz honey syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake with ice, strain into a coupe. Garnish with a brandied cherry. The port amplifies the bourbon's finish while the lemon lifts the honey into something bright.

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Heaven Hill Distillery (Elijah Craig, est. 1986)
Recipe
The Bardstown Old Fashioned: 2 oz Elijah Craig Small Batch · 1 bar spoon rich demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash walnut bitters. Stir with ice 30 seconds, strain over a large cube. Garnish with an orange coin. The 94-proof backbone and deep char character make this an Old Fashioned that leans dark and warm.

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Kirin Brewery Company (Four Roses Distillery, est. 1888)
Recipe
The Ten-Recipe Old Fashioned: 2 oz Four Roses Single Barrel · 1 bar spoon demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters. Stir with ice 30 seconds, strain over a large cube. Garnish with an expressed orange peel. The 100-proof backbone and rye spice make this an Old Fashioned that needs nothing else.

Cocktail
Campari Group (Wild Turkey, est. 1940)
Recipe
The Kentucky Mule: 2 oz Wild Turkey 101 · 3 oz ginger beer · ½ oz fresh lime juice · 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Build over ice in a copper mug. The 101 proof cuts through the ginger beer where lower-proof bourbons get buried.

Cocktail
Beam Suntory (originally T. William Samuels)
Recipe
The Wheated Whiskey Sour: 2 oz Maker’s Mark · 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice · 1/2 oz simple syrup · 1 egg white · 2 dashes Angostura. Dry shake, then shake hard with ice, double strain into a coupe. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Cocktail
Sazerac Company
Recipe
The Limestone Smash: 2 oz Buffalo Trace · 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice · 1/2 oz honey syrup (1:1) · 4 fresh mint leaves. Muddle mint gently, shake with ice, strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Cocktail
Brown-Forman Corporation
Recipe
The Double Oak Manhattan: 2 oz Woodford Reserve Double Oaked · 1 oz sweet vermouth · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Luxardo cherry garnish. Stir with ice 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe.

Copper Summit Old Fashioned
Yellowstone
Recipe
2 oz Yellowstone Hand Picked · 1 barspoon rich demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express orange peel over surface.

Thunderclap Old Fashioned
Wild Turkey
Recipe
2 oz Rare Breed Bourbon · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass with a large cube, express orange peel.

The Louisville Press
Kentucky Peerless
Recipe
2 oz Peerless Barrel Proof Bourbon · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Top with ginger beer · Build in a Collins glass over ice, stir gently.

Baltimore Sazerac
Sagamore Spirit
Recipe
2 oz Sagamore 7 Year BiB Rye, 0.25 oz demerara syrup, 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters, 1 dash Angostura bitters. Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe, discard excess. Stir remaining ingredients over ice and strain into the prepared glass. Express a lemon peel over the top and discard.

Sonoran Old Fashioned
Del Bac
Recipe
2 oz Sentinel of the Desert Del Bac, 0.25 oz agave nectar, 2 dashes mole bitters, 1 dash Angostura bitters. Stir over a large ice cube and garnish with a torched orange peel.

The Baltimore Boulevardier
Pikesville
Recipe
2 oz Pikesville Rye, 1 oz Campari, 1 oz sweet vermouth (Cocchi di Torino preferred). Stir with ice for 25–30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, and garnish with a flamed orange peel.

The Danville Drift
Wilderness Trail
Recipe
2 oz Wilderness Trail Wheated BiB · 0.75 oz honey syrup · 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a lemon twist.
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