Barrel Aged Gin Old Fashioned

The key to barrel aging is continually tasting as it ages to find the sweet spot.

Barrel aged gin old fashioned.

With a honey syrup in place of the traditional sugar cube and a hefty dash of orange bitters it s floral and rich with a long long finish that will stay with you. We will be adding and updating it as frequently as possible. Dry as a bone despite its sugary make up and deliciously rich. Later gin was stuck in a barrel as a mode of transportation and storage in the 18th and early 19th centuries where it naturally picked up some oak characteristics.

Add the cane sugar cubes and aromatic bitters to a mixing glass. How old fashioned must one be to have been old fashioned 140 years ago. Barrel aged gin works better in classics like the martinez but works amazingly in cocktails not typically associated with gin like the old fashioned says damon boelte proprietor of. Aged gin old fashioned ingredients.

To retain the depth and spice of the original cocktail use a heavier aged gin like ransom s old tom barr hill s tom cat or frey s barrel finished gin. Buy an american oak keg for barrel aging. 2 gin from one eight distilling. Barrel aged gin old fashioned makes two cocktails.

Around 4 6 weeks will be best but regular tasting is a must. Be sure to check back often or follow us on facebook for new barrel aged recipes. Add the barrel aged gin and orange zest. The gin old fashioned is your basic old fashioned made with barrel aged old tom gin orange bitters simple syrup and a lemon peel.

The smaller the barrel the faster the process due to a higher oak to liquid ratio. Scale 1x 2x 3x ingredients. In fact there are some that work so well in this combination that it almost feels like destiny. These are the best choices for putting some gin into a sazerac manhattan old fashioned boulevardier or other whiskey cocktails.

Add sugar to glass. Build drink in a rocks glass. 1 5 cups of sugar or 3 cups of 1 1 sugar syrup. Of sugar more or less to taste 3 dashes of aromatic bitters such as angostura.

This list is currently a work in progress. 4 shots barrel aged gin 2 cubes cane sugar. The dutch spirit genever was a precursor to modern gin and is made with a barrel aged malt liquor. The gin equivalent of this drink is a funny old thing.

Dash bitters on top. Introduced in 2012 and one of the earliest examples of a barrel aged gin. Barrel aged gin started making an appearance in the past several years. 10 dashes aromatic bitters 2 strips orange zest.

Of barrel rested gin such as untitled no. We think it is probably the way to drink barrel aged gins. Muddle the ingredients until the sugar has mostly dissolved. Few spirits barrel gin.

Briefly stir to begin dissolving. We ve compiled together a list of 20 barrel aged cocktails that get better when barrel aged.