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Bill Heck's Old Fashioned

By Bill Heck

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Bill Heck's Old FashionedChristina Holmes

This cocktail is a fruitier, spritzy, almost punchlike take on the usual Old Fashioned.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 1 serving

Ingredients

2 sugar cubes
4 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 lemon wheel
1 lime wheel
1 orange wheel
1 maraschino cherry
1/2 teaspoons grenadine
1/4 cup bourbon or rye whiskey
Club soda
Ginger ale

Preparation

  1. Drop sugar cubes in a rocks glass; sprinkle with bitters and add citrus wheels, cherry, and grenadine. Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, mash just to release fruit juices and oils. Add bourbon. Fill glass with ice cubes; stir to combine. Top with equal parts club soda and ginger ale.

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