Wisconsin Old Fashioned Sweet
ClassicBrandy muddled with orange and cherry, topped with lemon-lime soda.
Fruity, sweet, and easy-drinking. Muddled orange and cherry give a jammy fruit base, bitters add spice, brandy brings soft grape warmth, and soda lifts it into a fizzy, supper-club treat.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Brandy
- 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 Orange Sliced
- 1 Maraschino Cherry
- Lemon-Lime Soda to top
- Orange slice · optional garnish
- Maraschino cherry · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Muddle the orange slice and cherry with the simple syrup and bitters in a rocks glass.
- 2
Add the brandy and fill the glass with ice.
- 3
Top with lemon-lime soda and stir gently.
- 4
Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
The Story
In Wisconsin the Old Fashioned is made with brandy, not whiskey, and it is a point of state pride. Brandy has long been the state's favourite spirit, a legacy of its German and Central European immigrants. A "sweet" is topped with lemon-lime soda; a "sour" gets a bitter citrus soda, and a "press" is half soda and half seltzer. It is the unofficial cocktail of supper clubs across the Upper Midwest.