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Intimate Classics: The Old Fashioned
Lesson time 30:06 min
Lynnette teaches you her riff on the Fancy Free, a quicker version of an Old Fashioned. Ryan demonstrates a more advanced version by infusing bourbon with beeswax and bottling it for a fun gift.
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Topics include: Fancy Free · Beeswax Old Fashioned
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World-class bartenders Lynnette and Ryan (aka Mr Lyan) teach you how to make perfect cocktails at home for any mood or occasion.
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[00:00:00.00] [UPBEAT MUSIC] [00:00:21.02] - So classic cocktails I think are the building blocks of every part of making cocktails. You can make your crazy, super awesome signature drink in your bars and restaurants. But if you have a classic foundation for cocktails, you can make any drink you want. [00:00:35.78] So I like to start with kind of the simplest drinks, which are usually your stirred drinks, your drinks that you might think of that are a little more spirit forward. I kind of think of these as drinks where you're getting to know your ingredients. And the most important ingredient in your cocktails is the spirit you're working with. [00:00:49.17] So these are going to highlight those ingredients for you. The Old Fashioned's a perfect template because it's meant to highlight the spirit. So it's about two parts of your spirit to about a quarter or a half ounce of whatever sweetener. Traditionally, in the Old Fashioned, that's your simple syrup or some sort of sugar, like demerara, and then bitters, which end up being like your salt and pepper. [00:01:09.08] And you can play around with all of those different ingredients. And that's how you can create new versions of your Old Fashioned. These cocktails I think are playful. You can have opportunities to even think outside of your realm of possibilities. [00:01:23.54] Classic cocktails like the American Trilogy will not just use rye whiskey but add apple brandy to it as well, and then add the demerara, and then add different orange bitters. So you can play around with different things. [00:01:34.31] I like to look at this cocktail as the basis of all things. So you can even take out that sugar and use one of your favorite liqueurs as a sweetener instead, and then make a whole different variation of cocktails for yourself. So the cocktail I'm going to showcase to kind of show you how to do that is a cocktail called the Fancy Free, which the classic cocktail and a riff on the Old Fashioned. [00:01:56.39] [UPBEAT MUSIC] [00:02:00.71] I always tell all of my bartenders we start with building our drinks with the cheapest ingredients so in case we mess up, which happens, you don't have to throw away the whole drink. So I'm starting with my bitters. Again, this is your salt and pepper. We have a whole range of different styles of bitters. [00:02:16.34] You can use these to bring out flavors and aromas and the spirits. So since I'm using whiskey, the Angostura, the aromatic bitters, is kind of a classic pairing. It has notes of cinnamon, clove, baking spices, all the things you get from aging spirits and wood, which are vanilla and tannins. The Angostura and aromatic bitters can bring out and amplify those flavors. [00:02:37.31] Some whiskeys have more chocolate notes. So you might want to use bitters that bring that out. So you can look through the different arsenal and think about how you're using bitters to pop those extra flavors of your favorite spirit. [00:02:48.14] So I'm going t...
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James Beard honoree Lynnette Marrero has been at the forefront of the NYC craft cocktail movement. Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr Lyan) is the founder of Dandelyan, named the world’s best bar. They will teach you the essentials of cocktail making, from developing your palate to building your home bar. Learn how to mix a perfectly balanced drink for every occasion and mood—and become your friends’ new favorite bartender.
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Lynnette Marrero & Ryan Chetiyawardana
World-class bartenders Lynnette and Ryan (aka Mr Lyan) teach you how to make perfect cocktails at home for any mood or occasion.
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