At the bar

Bark & Barrel Old Fashioned

The classic, stirred long and cold, with orange and Ceylon cinnamon folded in through the vanilla.

One cocktail5 min

Ingredients

  • 2 oz (60 mL) bourbon
  • ¼ oz (7 mL) demerara syrup (two parts demerara sugar dissolved in one part hot water, cooled)
  • ½ teaspoon Bark & Barrel
  • 2 dashes aromatic bitters
  • One wide strip of orange peel
  • One large ice cube

Method

  1. Add the bourbon, demerara syrup, Bark & Barrel and bitters to a mixing glass.
  2. Fill with ice and stir for 30 seconds, until well chilled and slightly diluted.
  3. Strain over a single large ice cube in a rocks glass.
  4. Twist the orange peel over the glass to release its oils, run it around the rim, and drop it in.

Variation

For a Smoke & Stone Manhattan, stir 2 oz rye, 1 oz sweet vermouth, ½ teaspoon Smoke & Stone and a dash of bitters; strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a brandied cherry.