Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail

About the Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail

The Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail is the original template for the category: Timber Creek Florida Black Rye Whiskey, a Demerara sugar cube, Angostura bitters, and a lemon twist, stirred and strained over one large cube in a chilled rocks glass. There is nothing to hide behind in a drink this simple, no citrus juice, no liqueur, no modifier of any kind, which makes the whiskey itself the entire point of the cocktail. Timber Creek Florida Black Rye Whiskey holds up well to that kind of scrutiny because it is distilled from grain grown and processed on the distillery’s own 240 acre Crestview farm, then aged in individual barrels and blended through the PureBlend process rather than mixed and diluted for volume, which gives the finished whiskey real peppery rye spice, brown sugar sweetness, and a long, warming finish that a thinner or younger spirit could not deliver in a drink with this little dilution.

To build it, muddle the sugar cube with the bitters and a small splash of water in the bottom of a rocks glass until dissolved, add the whiskey, stir with ice, and strain over one large cube, finishing with a lemon twist expressed over the top for aromatic oil rather than added citrus flavor. It pours a deep amber and smells of orange peel, brown sugar, and dark spice. This is a classic after dinner or fireside sipper, and it pairs well with bacon bites, smoked almonds, aged cheddar, barbecue ribs, or maple pecans.

Using one large, slow melting cube rather than several smaller cubes keeps dilution gradual, so the drink opens up gently over twenty or thirty minutes instead of watering down all at once. This is a good benchmark cocktail for comparing whiskeys generally, and tasting it side by side with Timber Creek’s other expressions is a useful way to see how the Black Rye Whiskey’s spice differs from the distillery’s standard Florida Whiskey. Because it is undiluted and straightforward, sip it slowly over the course of the evening and always drink responsibly.

The Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail is the original template for the category: Timber Creek Florida Black Rye Whiskey, a Demerara sugar cube, Angostura bitters, and a lemon twist, stirred and strained over one large cube in a chilled rocks glass. There is nothing to hide behind in a drink this simple, no citrus juice, no liqueur, no modifier of any kind, which makes the whiskey itself the entire point of the cocktail. Timber Creek Florida Black Rye Whiskey holds up well to that kind of scrutiny because it is distilled from grain grown and processed on the distillery’s own 240 acre Crestview farm, then aged in individual barrels and blended through the PureBlend process rather than mixed and diluted for volume, which gives the finished whiskey real peppery rye spice, brown sugar sweetness, and a long, warming finish that a thinner or younger spirit could not deliver in a drink with this little dilution.

To build it, muddle the sugar cube with the bitters and a small splash of water in the bottom of a rocks glass until dissolved, add the whiskey, stir with ice, and strain over one large cube, finishing with a lemon twist expressed over the top for aromatic oil rather than added citrus flavor. It pours a deep amber and smells of orange peel, brown sugar, and dark spice. This is a classic after dinner or fireside sipper, and it pairs well with bacon bites, smoked almonds, aged cheddar, barbecue ribs, or maple pecans.

Using one large, slow melting cube rather than several smaller cubes keeps dilution gradual, so the drink opens up gently over twenty or thirty minutes instead of watering down all at once. This is a good benchmark cocktail for comparing whiskeys generally, and tasting it side by side with Timber Creek’s other expressions is a useful way to see how the Black Rye Whiskey’s spice differs from the distillery’s standard Florida Whiskey. Because it is undiluted and straightforward, sip it slowly over the course of the evening and always drink responsibly.