{"id":208290,"date":"2025-02-06T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=208290"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:58:09","slug":"a-two-ingredient-old-fashioned","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/recipe\/a-two-ingredient-old-fashioned\/","title":{"rendered":"A Two-Ingredient Old-Fashioned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Named for the patron saint of vintners and nestled in the l\u2019On neighborhood of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sainturbans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Urban\u2019s<\/a> is known for its thoughtfully curated selection of wine, cheese, and chocolates. It\u2019s ironic, then, that one of the bar\u2019s signature cocktails, the Amaro Old-Fashioned, came about entirely by accident.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled big\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"title\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-newsletter-big.jpg\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"dek\">Distilled is our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"208290\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>While tending bar for friends one evening, founding partner Warren Johnson was asked to make a classic old-fashioned, an easy-enough task until he found himself short on both bitters and simple syrup. True to the spirit of the European-inspired bar, Warren turned to Averna Amaro, a liqueur he deems a standby for mixing\u2014and sipping straight up. \u201cI knew instinctively that Averna was going to give me all of that complexity in one simple pour,\u201d Warren recalls, \u201cIt just worked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resulting two-ingredient old-fashioned could not be simpler. The Sicilian liqueur does most of the heavy lifting: Notes of anise, rosemary, and juniper stand in for the flavor of Angostura bitters, while the amaro\u2019s high sugar content provides the caramel sweetness of demerara sugar. 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