What is old is new again
The Smoked Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is a timeless study in balance - rich whiskey, bitters, sugar, and citrus woven into something smooth, bold, and quietly elegant. When kissed with smoke, it takes on a deeper character: warm oak, charred spice, and a little theatre rising from the glass. The smoke doesn’t overpower the cocktail; it enhances it, adding aroma, depth, and a sense of occasion to every slow sip.
Cocktail Ingredients
- 60 ml straight rye or bourbon whiskey
- 1 sugar cube
- 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters (or mix it up and use chocolate bitters)
- ice
- twist of orange peel (garnish)
- Cherry (garnish)
- Hickory woodchips
Cocktail Method
- Place the sugar cube in a glass and soak the cube in bitters. Muddle the sugar cube to dissolve.
- Add the whiskey and ice and stir.
- Strain the drink into a rocks glass and add ice.
- Now for the best part. Add woodchips to the Sixpence Alchemy cocktail smoker. Fill the glass with smoke and cover with a lid or coaster.
- Leave for one minute.
- Activate the orange peel by lighting it.
- Remove cover coaster, garnish with orange peel and cherry and serve.
Which Flavour Wood Chips for The Smoked Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe?
There are a variety of woodchips you could use with this recipe. Traditionally, with a scotch whiskey, it would be oak, however we enjoy hickory. It is fun (and delicious) testing a variety of woodchips for each drink. It takes home mixology to the next level.
Check out all our flavours of wood chips and the variety of food and drinks each pair well with - visit our 'Flavoured Wood Chips' Page
