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November 5-14

Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week

The world’s favorite cocktail is getting the recognition it deserves. Join us in a sip of celebration during Old Fashioned Week November 5 - November 14, 2021.

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Classic Recipe

Old Fashioned

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • 1/2 part Demerara Syrup
  • 3 Dashes Woodford Reserve® Aromatic Bitters
  • 2 Dashes Woodford Reserve® Orange Bitters

Instructions

Add ingredients to the mixing glass. Add ice to mixing glass and serving glass. Stir ingredients for 30-40 secs. . Strain into serving glass. Garnish with a lightly expressed orange peel.

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History of the Old Fashioned

c. 1880

1881

Today

c. 1880

Cocktail historians generally agree the Old Fashioned cocktail’s name was originally developed at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, KY.

1881

Col. James E. Pepper, who was born on the site of what is now the Woodford Reserve Distillery, is credited with popularizing the Old Fashioned Cocktail by introducing it to society at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Today

The Old Fashioned is the World’s #1 Classic Cocktail.

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At this time we are only shipping spirits to Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Washington D.C.