Old Fashioned family
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
Made with agave syrup · Phil Ward, Death & Co, New York, 2007
- rocks
- one large cube
- stir
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
- 1½ oz45 ml reposado tequila
- ½ oz15 ml mezcal
- ¼ oz7 ml agave syrup
- 2 dashes2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Add the tequila, mezcal, agave syrup and bitters to a mixing glass, or straight into a rocks glass over one large cube.
- Stir with ice until well chilled, then strain over a fresh large cube if you used a mixing glass.
- Warm an orange peel with a lit match, squeeze its oils through the flame over the drink, and drop the peel in.
Garnish: flamed orange twist
The syrup
In this recipe
Agave Syrup¼ oz7 ml
Agave syrup is agave nectar thinned with warm water: 2 parts agave to 1 part water by weight (about 1 cup agave to ⅔ cup water).
our 2:1 agave syrup is about two-thirds nectar; 1 barspoon of nectar is about 1 1/2 barspoons (roughly 1/4 oz) of ours
As printed: 1 barspoon agave nectar (undiluted)
Where it comes from
Phil Ward created it at Death & Co in 2007. It was an Old Fashioned built on reposado tequila with a smoky splash of mezcal, and it helped introduce many American drinkers to mezcal.
Source: Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald, Alex Day (2014).
Checked against: Imbibe - Oaxaca Old Fashioned (excerpt from Death & Co) · Punch - Oaxaca Old-Fashioned (excerpt from A Proper Drink) · VinePair - The Oaxaca Old Fashioned Recipe

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