Trinity Old Fashioned — An Old Fashioned on maple syrup and a blended bitters

Trinity Old Fashioned

An Old Fashioned on maple syrup and a blended bitters

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Ingredients

  • 2 ozBourbon Whiskey
    Ninety proof or better
    Substitute: A brandy, rum or gin, per the producer
  • 2 dashesTrinity Bitters
    Three of the house bitters, rested together for a month
    Substitute: Any all-purpose aromatic bitters
  • 1/4 ozMaple Syrup
    The whole sweetener

Instructions

  1. Add 2 oz bourbon, 1/4 oz maple syrup and 2 dashes Trinity bitters to a rocks glass
  2. Add a large cube and stir until cold

    One large cube; maple thins faster than sugar syrup

  3. Express a lemon peel over the surface and drop it in

Technique Notes

Ninety proof or better, because maple is heavier than sugar syrup and a forty percent bourbon disappears underneath it. A quarter ounce is the whole sweetener.

Why the Trinity Old Fashioned Works

Maple and an oak-rested bitters are the same flavour arriving twice, which is usually a mistake and here is the design. Trinity carries dried fruit and vanilla from its cherry-bark component, and the maple meets that instead of arguing with it.