Photo by Ryan Mahony / Hermitage Farm
House Old Fashioned
by Miranda Densford, Beverage Director, Barn8 Restaurant & Bourbon Bar
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Old Forester Signature 100
- 1/4 oz. Foraged Hickory Bark Syrup*
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Barn8 Housemade Orange Bitters**
Preparation
- In a mixing glass, combine all the ingredients.
- Add ice to chill and stir until slightly diluted.
- Strain the mixture into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice.
- Garnish with an expressed orange peel.
Additional Notes
*At the restaurant, this is a rich syrup made in large batches.
*Foraged Hickory Bark Syrup
Ingredients
- 10 lbs Sugar in the Raw
- 5 lbs Water
- 1 quart Hickory Bark (broken into small pieces)
Preparation
- Combine sugar and water and heat over medium until sugar is dissolved, stirring frequently.
- Stir in hickory bark.
- Let infuse for 12-24 hours, then strain out bark.
**Housemade Orange Bitters
Ingredients
- 1 liter Vodka
- 1 pint Orange Peels
Preparation
- Combine vodka and orange peels and let infuse for two weeks in the refrigerator.
- Strain and sweeten with simple syrup to taste.
- Preferred substitute: Scrappy’s Orange Bitters.
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