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Angotura's makes heavy use of caramel coloring to let you think you are getting more there. Much of the tinctures I make are clear or only slightly colored.
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Don't forget sugar or simple syrup in your old fashioned. Back in the '60s at least old fashons were popular with women while men drank Manhattans. Or dry martinis. Bingo as I sip one as I type. Rye makes them better...
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I may have to order the Fee Bros lime just for that. I can say that Beefeaters, Fever Tree tonic, and Fee Bros lemon bitters is wonderful.
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I enjoy Old Fashioneds and Manhattans (with a slight preference for Manhattans). I haven't drilled down on different bitters or doing your own so can't comment there.
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I went to a wedding once in Wisconsin (maybe 20 years ago). They had keg beer and pitchers of old fashions. I think its the #1 cocktail in WI.
I prefer a manhattan. Wisconsin is big on Old Fashioneds. The standard Wisconsin recipe is a Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet, as Wisconsin is a heavy brandy state. Ive tried them with brandy, bourbon, irish whiskey and once with Southern Comfort. Funny, I was talking to a bartender today at a place along the sothwest Wisconsin border. He said occasionally he gets someone that wants one made with rum from Illinois.
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I prefer bourbon but I’d bet there is more old fashioneds made with brandy in the state of Wisconsin than whisky in every other state combined.
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You gonna hafta make me one. Can do...
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Fee Bros makes a dozen or more kinds of bitters. I use their Old Fashioned, Orange, and Lemon kinds. A dash of Orange in gin is fabulous.
I bet a dash of their lime bitters would be a nice touch for a gin & tonic. Couple of years ago we were in London and the hotel we stayed in had a gin bar. It was quite an education. One of my favorite G&T's now is with London Dry Gin especially Sipsmiths which I can't find in MD but usually buy a couple bottles at the NH State store when we're up. ( Sipsmiths Gin) Combine that with Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic Water and a peel of a lemon and an orange. Very refreshing. I have seen only once the Fever Tree Tonic water with cucumber and I regret not buying it to try with Hendricks gin.
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Allan, I love Hendricks G&T's with sliced cucumbers added ! Don't tell MathMan, he hates them with a passion. 
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Allan, I love Hendricks G&T's with sliced cucumbers added ! Don't tell MathMan, he hates them with a passion. Pickles and Hendricks are the reason there are cucumbers in the garden every year!  I suspect gin has more flavor profiles than any other liquor. Inevitable that someone hates one or another of them. I had some Hendricks Orbium last summer - very different than the regular Hendricks. G&T is a summer drink for me so I doubt I'll have one before next May.
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Great thread.Odd that I've been thinking of Old Fashionds on the deck for this summer as OF's were my dad's drink of choice when weaving to and from various O clubs.
Care to share a link of preferred bitters to buy ?
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Here ya go... FEE BROS Start with their Old Fashion Aromatic. I also like West Indian Orange. Fee Bros apparently only deals wholesale. Other sources include KEGWORKS and barproducts.com
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Allan, I love Hendricks G&T's with sliced cucumbers added ! Don't tell MathMan, he hates them with a passion. It's great if you like a G&T smelling of hand lotion.
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Allan, I love Hendricks G&T's with sliced cucumbers added ! Don't tell MathMan, he hates them with a passion. It's great if you like a G&T smelling of hand lotion. Ouch!
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Allan, I love Hendricks G&T's with sliced cucumbers added ! Don't tell MathMan, he hates them with a passion. It's great if you like a G&T smelling of hand lotion. The hand lotion thread is down in the misc section of the CF. A Gin thread would be good once it's the season again.
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Here ya go... FEE BROS Start with their Old Fashion Aromatic. I also like West Indian Orange. Fee Bros apparently only deals wholesale. Other sources include KEGWORKS and barproducts.com Thank you, RR.
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WT Rare Breed is my base liquor.
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I am back home from a couple of days in Dallas and sipping an Old Fashioned while watching the game. Rocky has the bitters nailed and rye (Bulleit here) makes the best for me.
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Fee Bros. Orange Bitters in a Perfect Rye Manhattan is... perfect.
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