How do you make old fashioned simple syrup?
We stick to simple syrup over using sugar cubes or superfine sugar. Simple syrup is, as it's name suggests, very easy to make and will last a month in the fridge. To make it, combine equal parts sugar (white or brown) and water in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Muddle the sugar cube and bitters with one bar spoon of water at the bottom of a chilled rocks glass. (If using simple syrup, combine bitters and one bar spoon of syrup.) Add rye or bourbon. ...
- Add one large ice cube, or three or four smaller cubes. Stir until chilled and properly diluted, about 30 seconds.
For your basic simple syrup recipe, you only need two ingredients: water and sugar. The most common ratio for simple syrup is equal parts water to sugar.
- Place equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan. In this recipe, we used ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- Heat over medium and whisk until the sugar dissolves. Resist the urge to simmer! All you want is to dissolve the sugar.
- Cool to room temperature. That's it: you're done!
Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in sugar and continue to stir while boiling just until all of the sugar is dissolved. Over boiling will produce a syrup that is too thick. Allow the solution to cool completely, and then pour into a clean container for storage.
Old fashioned
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters.
- 1 teaspoon water.
- 2 ounces bourbon.
- Garnish: orange peel.
Place the sugar cube in the bottom of an Old Fashioned glass and soak with 4-6 dashes (or drops) of Aromatic Bitters. Add a splash of water and muddle the sugar until it dissolves fully in the water and bitters. Only add enough water to dissolve the sugar.
Making your Old Fashioned
Start by muddling 1 orange slice, 1 maraschino cherry, and 1 tsp of sugar in your Old Fashioned glass. Then, fill three quarters of the glass with ice. Finish by adding 1.5 oz bourbon, ½ ounce club soda, and garnish with an orange slice.
You don't have to heat simple syrup.
About 2000g/L, or just enough to make a thick 2:1 simple syrup by mass. Granted, the sugar takes some time to dissolve. If you're making a 1:1 syrup, you can simply combine equal parts sugar and water and it'll do its thing in about 15 to 20 minutes.
How do you make homemade sugar syrup?
- To make sugar syrup, combine the sugar and water in a deep non-stick pan, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 6 to 7 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Strain it using a strainer.
- Cool the sugar syrup completely, store in an air-tight container and use as required.
The ratio is really forgiving, but I generally do 2 parts honey to 1 part warm water. You can also do 1 to 1 for an even more liquidy solution (equivalent to simple syrup called for in co*cktails). And I'll mix it up right in the container.
- Add Angostura bitters, orange slices, brandied cherries and sugar cube to an Old Fashioned glass and muddle to combine.
- Add ice to fill the glass, then add the brandy.
- Top with the 7Up, Sprite or club soda, and stir to combine.
- Garnish with a skewered cherry and an orange slice.
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Angostura Aromatic Bitters.
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An Old Fashioned is made with whiskey (bourbon or rye), bitters, and sugar; a Manhattan is traditionally made with rye whiskey and substitutes sweet vermouth for the sugar. A "Perfect Manhattan" adds yet another twist: halving the sweet vermouth into equal portions of sweet and dry vermouths.
Brown demerara sugar cubes are the best for an Old Fashioned. Most mixologists agree that the classic recipe calls for brown demerara sugar cubes. Sugar cubes are already measured and will allow for the perfect ratios to whiskey and bitters every time.
Technique: The most balanced Old Fashioned is made by stirring the drink with ice for about 20 to 30 seconds and then straining that mix over fresh ice. Garnish: Orange twist, lemon twist, or both.
Crystallised sugar won't dissolve on its own once you add the spirits. If you add spirits before dissolving the sugar, you'll wind up with an unsweetened drink and a gritty sludge of sugar in the bottom of the glass".
