Corrects a durable origin myth without replacing it with an unsupported single-inventor or single-city claim.
An ambiguous 1869 item precedes the clear Chicago evidence. The 1882 preference for rye over bourbon is local bartender testimony, not national evidence.
Wondrich cites a Chicago newspaper reference to old-fashioned cocktails in 1880, before the Pendennis Club's 1881 founding, and a further reference in 1882 documenting continued use and a local rye preference. Old-fashioned specified an earlier preparation style.
PDF sheet 255
PDF sheet 251
Chapter 7 — Old-Fashioned Whiskey, Brandy, or Holland Gin Cocktail
Fresh audit, 2026-10-01: checked against PDF 251–255, especially 252, after all 419 supplied pages were read and visually inspected. Corrected the prior error that both 1880 and 1882 preceded 1881. Verified as Wondrich's 2007 account; underlying newspapers were not independently retrieved.
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