Lucky Buttered Old Fashioned (Tweaked)
So I found this post by Jordon Hughes, which lead me down the rabbit hole of fat washing. In my opinion the original spec is a 9/10, but my tweak made it 9.5/10 for me!
Lucky Buttered Old Fashioned (Tweaked)
*2oz Brown Butter Washed Irish Whiskey
*.25oz Guinness Demerara Syrup
*.25oz Cointreau
*2 hits Ango Bitters
*2 hits Orange Bitters
*Orange Peel
*White Oak Wood
I did the brown butter wash with the Jameson Black Barrel Reserve, and used the overnight freezer trick to get the fat to freeze, then used a coffee filter to get rid of the small particulates. Came out great! (I only did 1/2 the bottle, but wished I had just committed to the whole 750ml).
The Guinness syrup is also heavenly. Should have made more, but I only had so much Demerara, and went with a 2:1 simple.
I could drink the original spec all day, but I wanted to see if I could elevate it for myself by pulling the orange forward, which I did with a little liqueur and orange bitters. I'm also a sucker for smoking, and white oak paired amazingly well with this drink.
So if you're thinking about all the work to get here, it's worth it! And if you try the tweak, let me know how you like it. I think there's more to learn from this cocktail, and I will use the rest of my stash to play around and see where it lands. Slainte!