Bacon Old Fashioned
Bourbon fat-washed with rendered smoky bacon — the fat carries its smoke and umami into the whiskey, then freezes out, leaving only flavor. The Old Fashioned that broke the internet.
Served in a rocks glass · Garnish: Candied bacon strip, expressed orange peel · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bacon Fat-Washed Bourbon
- 0.25 oz Grade B Maple Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
Instructions
- To fat-wash: combine 1.5 oz rendered bacon fat with 16 oz bourbon; let infuse 4 hours at room temp.
- Freeze overnight; skim and discard solidified fat. Strain through coffee filter.
- Combine washed bourbon with maple syrup and bitters in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir 30 seconds.
- Strain over a large cube in a rocks glass.
- Garnish with a candied bacon strip.