Supports explaining canonical whiskey cocktails as bounded forms rather than immutable specifications.
The recipe entry joins historical definition, practitioner adaptation, and guest preference.
Using the 1806 spirit-sugar-water-bitters definition, Meehan presents the Old-Fashioned as a flexible family whose base, sugar form, bitters, ice, and service can vary rather than as a whiskey-exclusive fixed recipe.
PDF sheet 486
PDF sheet 484
Whisk(e)y Recipes — Old-Fashioned
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Evidence
Using the 1806 spirit-sugar-water-bitters definition, Meehan presents the Old-Fashioned as a flexible family whose base, sugar form, bitters, ice, and service can vary rather than as a whiskey-exclusive fixed recipe.
Location and context
Source section: Whisk(e)y Recipes — Old-Fashioned
Locator: PDF sheets 484–486
The recipe entry joins historical definition, practitioner adaptation, and guest preference.
Annotation
Supports explaining canonical whiskey cocktails as bounded forms rather than immutable specifications.