Drink Recipes

A Recipe for a Classic Holiday Old Fashioned

Name: Holiday Old Fashioned
Ingredients: 1 oz maple syrup; 1 oz Amoretti Premium Gingerbread Syrup; 1 750ml bottle of bourbon (or rye, if it’s your preference); 9 oz Triple Sec; 1/2 oz aromatic bitters (our favorite comes from Jack Rudy Cocktail Co.); Luxardo cherries; Fresh rosemary

This seasonal cocktail will whisk(ey) you away

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wondercade. In his spare time he also acts — fairly well, too, as his Tony and Emmy Awards can attest.

December 6, 2023 4:15 pm

Deciding which cocktail to batch for a party is of course entirely up to your libational predilections, but putting a holiday twist on a classic drink is never a bad look. This take on the Old Fashioned features gingerbread and maple syrup for some yuletide flavor, plus a bit of rosemary for olfactory effect.

A Spirited Spirit-Free Version: For a delicious spirit-free version, ditch the Triple Sec and replace the whiskey with a very strong oversteeped black tea — it’s a-okay if the tea is bitter, the sweet from the syrups will balance it out to create a nuanced (and festive) overall flavor.

Holiday Old Fashioned

Servings: Roughly 16 drinks

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Ingredients

1 oz maple syrup
1 oz Amoretti Premium Gingerbread Syrup
1 750ml bottle of bourbon (or rye, if it’s your preference)
9 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz aromatic bitters (our favorite comes from Jack Rudy Cocktail Co.)
Luxardo cherries
Fresh rosemary

Directions

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1. Combine the ingredients in a large vessel and mix thoroughly (a long bar spoon helps). To serve, pour over ice and add cherries and a sprig of rosemary to garnish.