Brown Butter Old Fashioned
Brown butter fat-washed bourbon develops a hazelnut-toffee richness that no amount of syrup can replicate. The fat-washing technique's breakout application on craft menus 2020–2024.
Served in a Rocks glass · Garnish: Orange peel · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Brown Butter Fat-Washed Bourbon
- 0.25 oz Maple Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Mole or Chocolate Bitters
Instructions
- To fat-wash: brown 2 tbsp butter, cool slightly, combine with 8 oz bourbon, freeze overnight, skim solid fat, fine-strain.
- Stir all ingredients with ice until well chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
- Garnish with an orange peel, expressed and dropped in.