Bacon Maple Old Fashioned
Bacon fat-washed bourbon brings subtle smoke and savoriness to this maple-sweetened old fashioned — a brunch bar staple that earns every ingredient.
Served in a Rocks glass · Garnish: Orange peel, candied bacon strip · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bacon Fat-Washed Bourbon
- 0.25 oz Maple Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
Instructions
- To fat-wash: melt 2 oz rendered bacon fat, combine with 750ml bourbon, rest 4 hours at room temp, freeze overnight, skim solidified fat, fine-strain through cheesecloth.
- Combine maple syrup and both bitters in a mixing glass.
- Add washed bourbon and ice, stir until well chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
- Express orange peel over the glass and use as garnish.