An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Gary McCarty

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One drink I’ve come to respect and enjoy through the intervention of a forensic accountant at a bar one afternoon is the old fashioned. He claimed it was the first mixed drink in America–maybe anywhere–and there is some credence to the belief that it was the first cocktail, at least of the American ilk. However, according to Wikipedia, it didn’t get its name until the 1880s in Louisville, Ky.

Whatever the drink’s derivation, the ones I quaffed at Engine Co. 28 in Los Angeles were truly delicious, but concocted differently from the Wiki-recipe found in my link.

Here’s to enjoying old fashioneds at the old-fashioned celebration of Christmas, though I’m sure few people will actually imbibe them for that special day. The thought is nice anyway.

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