The Dahlia Old Fashioned
Dylan+Jeni
The iconic cocktail is ennobled by well-sourced ingredients and expert technique. At Dahlia, the bartenders cold-smoke premium maraschino cherries three times using a bar smoker. You can skip this step, but it makes a subtle and delightful difference at Dahlia.
How to Make It
1
In a glass pitcher or shaker filled with ice, combine liquid ingredients and stir 20 times with a spoon or cocktail stirrer. Strain into a lowball glass filled with a single large ice cube.
2
Squeeze citrus peel, skin side down, to express the oils directly into the drink.
3
Garnish with citrus peel and two smoked cherries: one in the drink as a boozy dessert, and then one on a cocktail spear!
Ingredients
2 ½ oz Kaiyō Mizunara Oak Cask Strength Japanese Whisky
¼ oz Luxardo cherry syrup
4 dashes Bittercube Cherry Bark Vanilla Bitters
lemon or orange twist
2 maraschino cherries, preferably Luxardo
Directions
1
In a glass pitcher or shaker filled with ice, combine liquid ingredients and stir 20 times with a spoon or cocktail stirrer. Strain into a lowball glass filled with a single large ice cube.
2
Squeeze citrus peel, skin side down, to express the oils directly into the drink.
3
Garnish with citrus peel and two smoked cherries: one in the drink as a boozy dessert, and then one on a cocktail spear!
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