Supports family structure and explicit water management. The adjacent shaken Manhattan is not operationalized.
Recipe immediately following a Manhattan specification.
The Old-Fashioned specification dissolves sugar with bitters and a measured amount of water, then adds bourbon or rye and cracked ice. It preserves a compact base-sweetener-aromatic-water structure with an interchangeable American-whiskey base.
PDF sheet 108
PDF sheet 107
Rum, Whiskies & Brandy — Old-Fashioned
Checked in local PDF sheets 107–108 on 2026-08-25.
Verified excerpt record from The Art of Mixology.
Locator
PDF sheets 107–108
Research use
The Old-Fashioned is specified as bourbon or rye with sugar, bitters, measured water, and cracked ice.
Boundary
Supports CLM-30 and CLM-31; the adjacent shaken Manhattan is excluded.
Verification
Checked against the supplied local PDF on 2026-08-25.