The Old Fashioned

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 simple: just whiskey, bitters, sugar, and ice. But how you combine those ingredients - in what proportion, using which brands, and with what kind of garnish - is the subject of much impassioned debate.