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Day 1: The Johnny Rottenseed

Since the start we’ve had an old fashioned on our menu.  First it was the Autumn Old Fashioned (wild turkey rye, apple cider reduction, ango), and then it was the Blackfoot Old Fashioned (riverboat rye, grade C maple syrup, blackfoot bitters, flamed orange peel).  And these have been consistently our best seller.  Maybe because they’re always the cheapest drink on the menu at $7 – but maybe also because people still enjoy simple, complimentary flavors without all the hoopla.

The concept for this drink actually came to me in the middle of the night.  Not really in a dream, cause only pussies dream, so let’s say… in a whiskey induced hallucination.

The Johnny Rottenseed (Old Fashioned)
2 oz. Laird’s Bonded Applejack
.5 oz. Coca Cola Syrup*
Dash house orange bitters

Build this in the glass, add a few large cubes, and give it a stir. Let those cubes dilute a bit, since we’re dealing with 100* goods here, and then add a few more cubes. We use large cubes from our Kold Draft, but you can use whatever the fuck you want, my homey.

*Reduce Mexican coke down to about 25% of it’s original volume to make the syrup. It’s pretty rad stuff.

Tomorrow’s drink: Where There’s Smoke…

Posted on December 18, 2011 at 4:46 pm
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