num_pages: 176
description: A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic variations as well as contemporary updates.No single cocktail is as iconic as beloved or as discussed and fought-over as the Old-Fashioned. Its formula is just whiskey bitters sugar and ice. But how you combine those ingredientsin what proportion using which brands and with what kind of garnishis the subject of much impassioned debate.The Old-Fashioned is the spirited delightfully unexpected story of this renowned and essential its birth as the ur-cocktail in the nineteenth century darker days in the throes of Prohibition re-ascension in the 1950s and 1960s (as portrayed and re-popularized by Don Draper on Mad Men ) and renaissance as the star of the contemporary craft cocktail movement.Also featured are more than forty cocktail recipes including classic variations regional twists and contemporary updates from top bartenders around the country. All are accessible delicious and elegant in their simplicity demonstrating the versatility and timelessness of the Old-Fashioned formula. With its rich history stunning photography and impeccable recipes The Old-Fashioned is a celebration of one of Americas greatest bibulous achievements. It is a necessary addition to any true whiskeyor cocktaillovers bookshelf and destined to become a classic on par with its namesake beverage.
language: English
title: The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail, with Recipes and Lore
publisher: Ten Speed Press