Old Fashioned: The Story Behind the Ingredients Recipe

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Old Fashioned: The Story Behind the Ingredients

February 17, 2015 By Culinary Cory Leave a Comment

While muddling a spoonful of hickory syrup with an orange slice, I realized several of my ingredients had a story. So here they are:

Wigle Whiskey Bitters: A local distillery in Pittsburgh’s Strip District neighborhood, Wigle Whiskey got its start in selling organic white rye whiskey. They’ve since expanded into other products including bitters, rum and gin. I picked up these bitters during one of their popular distillery tours.

Soaring Hill Hickory Syrup: For over a year, I travel to Ann Arbor, MI nearly every month for work. These pilgrimages would involve several days of long meetings. Whenever I…