Elder Fashion
The Elder Fashion is a herbal old fashioned-style cocktail made with Gin, Elderflower Liqueur and Orange Bitters. It is stirred and served in an old-fashioned glass, about 28% ABV.
- Method
- Stirred
- Glass
- Old-fashioned glass
- Served
- On Rocks
- Strength
- About 28% ABV
- Family
- Old Fashioned
- Flavour
- Herbal & floral
Ingredients
- 60mlGin
- 15mlElderflower Liqueur
- 2 dashesOrange Bitters
How to make it
- Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over one large ice cube.
- Express a grapefruit twist over the drink and drop it in.
Tip: Stir with plenty of cold, hard ice for 20 to 30 seconds. You want it chilled and silky, not cloudy.
About the Elder Fashion
Phil Ward built it at Death & Co in New York by swapping every part of an Old Fashioned: Plymouth gin for whiskey, St-Germain elderflower liqueur for sugar, orange bitters for Angostura and grapefruit for the orange peel.
Missing something?
- No Gin? Use Old Tom Gin (Slightly sweeter)
- No Gin? Use Genever (Maltier and rounder)
All swaps for Gin
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