Who doesn’t love and Old Fashioned?

This cocktail covers a long storied past starting in the 1800s.

I have finally started to develop my own recipe based on the flavors I love.

Old Fashioned Cocktail Mix

Ingredients

3 cups water

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 or 4 clementines or other oranges, peeled and chopped

5 or so cherries

1 cinnamon stick broken up into chunks

6 all spice cloves

2 tbls of angostura bitters (to taste)

Instructions

Bring the sugars and the water to a light boil.

Remove from heat.

Add everything but the bitters to the pan, cover and steep for at least one hour.

Strain then add the bitters.

Put into container(s) and store in fridge.

Old Fashioned Recipe

1 part old fashioned mix

2 parts spirit of your choice.

Add soda to taste (Really, what ever you like)