Rum Old-Fashioned (Kirk Estopinal)

Name: Rum Old-Fashioned (Kirk Estopinal)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 1 tsp Rich Demerara Syrup 2:1; 45 ml Demerara Rum; 1 twst Orange Peel; 1 pinch Nutmeg; 1 tsp Apricot Brandy; 15 ml Jamaican Rum

A stirred old-fashioned built on demerara rum with a splash of Jamaican rum, sweetened with rich demerara syrup and a little apricot brandy. Angostura, orange peel and a pinch of nutmeg add spice; created by Kirk Estopinal at Cane & Table in New Orleans.

Kirk Estopinal created this Rum Old-Fashioned at Cane & Table in New Orleans. In a blind tasting, the judges at Punch magazine considered the nutmeg unnecessary but still gave the drink a bronze medal.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Sweet