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In my opinion, one of the greatest triumphs of the cocktail renaissance is the rediscovery of the classic Old Fashioned. I’ve often spoken of how at some point after the repeal of Prohibition, the Old Fashioned became lost and possibly confused with a long-forgotten drink called a Smash (basically a tarted-up Mint Julep covered in fruit), a mere husk of its former, glorious self.
For decades, bartenders just like me served a limp, weak concoction consisting of a half-muddled sugar cube, a mashed-up neon red cherry and orange, a splash of whiskey, and some soda water drowning the results.
With a little luck, and a lot of hard work, that’s all changed with the renewed interest in classic cocktails. Now at any given night at my bar you can find literally a dozen people sipping on two ounces bourbon touched with a teaspoon of sugar and two dashes of bitters, garnished with a simple orange twist over a couple big ice cubes.
But don’t try to pull that bullshit with the good people of the Great State of Wisconsin, where the Brandy Old Fashioned rules supreme. It’s not the same drink as above, it just shares a name. And if you make it right, really right, it’s a damn delicious cocktail and worthy of examination.
Being located in a hotel, we’re used to serving folks from all over the world. And the first time I witnessed a guest from Wisconsin stare blankly as one of my bartenders handed over two ounces of Cognac touched with a teaspoon of sugar and two dashes of bitters and garnished with a simple orange twist over a couple big ice cubes, I knew some further training was in order.
So in the name of making cocktails – all cocktails – with as much of our hearts as we can offer, I present to you what I believe to be the perfect Brandy Old Fashioned… Wisconsin-style.
I start with an old fashioned glass I’ve chilled in the freezer. Call it a tumbler, call it a double rocks glass, or call it a bucket, it’s a glass you’re familiar with. To that I add two dashes of Angostura bitters and a teaspoon of sugar. If I’m in a hurry I use a 2:1 simple syrup, but if I’m going to spend some time, I use a sugar cube. The sugar cube is preferable here because it’s going to add some friction to the muddling we’re about to do. Brace yourselves, cocktail “nerds”.
Next I’ll take a thick-cut orange wedge, and a cherry. The usual suspect here is a grocery store maraschino cherry, but I always choose a brandied Amarena cherry. Remember, you’re going to get out what you put in, so a quality cherry is going to make the drink that much better.
I muddle the sugar, bitters, orange wedge and cherry into a thick paste, careful not to touch the orange peel too much as it’ll bring unwanted bitterness to the party – just work around the peel and pulverize that orange meat.
Your standard Brandy Old Fashioned brandy of choice is Korbel: cheap California brandy. Considering the hundreds of thousands of cases they ship to Wisconsin every year, it might be considered sacrosanct to use anything else. But if you want to do this right, really right, then do yourself a favor and use some good Cognac. I have my preferred brandy, you have yours.
At this point your typical Wisconsinite barkeep is going to add ice and finish the drink in one of two main ways: sweet or sour. Those who take it sweet will ask for a splash of Sprite or 7-Up, those who take it sour get a dose of Collins Mix or Squirt. To me, it’s just a way of watering down the drink, so I leave out the soda and take a more… cocktail-y method.
Crushed ice is a must for me whenever I whip up a Brandy Old Fashioned. I always skip the soda and let the tiny shards of ice do the work, taming those strong, sweet flavors and turning this into a drink you can sip slowly.
As for a garnish, most will throw a “flag” of an orange wedge and a cherry spiked through with a wooden toothpick, but my take here is that those things are already in the drink, so I skip ‘em. Besides, how pretty does that look without the goofy fruit salad perched over the top?
You know, it’s something to enjoy sipping on while you cook up some bratwurst and onions in a boiling kettle of beer before everyone comes over to watch the Packers game. Drink accordingly.
Brandy Old Fashioned
1 sugar cube or 1 tsp 2:1 simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 orange wedge
1 cherry, preferably Amarena or Maraska
2 oz brandy or Cognac
In a chilled old fashioned glass, muddle the sugar, bitters, orange wedge and cherry into a thick paste, careful not to work the orange peel. Add brandy or Cognac, stir, and fill glass with crushed ice and serve.
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About Me
My name is Jeff Morgenthaler and I'm the bar manager at Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon.
I've been tending bar since 1996 and writing about it since 2004. I started tending bar while getting my degree in Interior Architecture, and slowly I came to the conclusion that bartending was what I really loved, and that I might as well drop everything and focus on being a professional bartender. Over the years I have strived, both behind the bar and with this website, to elevate the experience of having a drink from something mundane to something more culinary.
The writing I do here is intended as a work in progress. My recipes are like my opinions: they are constantly being revised and refined as I work them through my mind and my fingers. Comments and participation are encouraged, so please don't feel the need to tread lightly here.
Those who know me well are aware that I’ve been going on about this for years, but for some reason I’ve only just now remembered that I have my own website and can carry on the effort here.
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Halloween (October 31st) began as a Celtic Pagan festival, named as the evening (e’en) before All Hallow’s Day on November 1st. Halloween wasn’t widely celebrated in the United States until the middle of the 20th century, and is now the sixth most profitable holiday for retailers. It is celebrated by this country’s drinking-age population in the form of dressing up in very slutty costumes and consuming large amounts of alcohol. Any kind. Dry ice is often involved.
08 Nov 2006 at 8:33 PM 1. McAuliflower
I’m putting this on my calendar now. Sounds like a perfect holiday.
ps- you should boing boing this post… seriously.
09 Nov 2006 at 7:59 PM 2. Scooter
This is so fucking brilliant. Plus, Canadians would be sooooo jealous.
I’m down. I want in on the ground floor. Fuck Halloween.
10 Nov 2006 at 5:05 PM 3. Stephan Fox
Thank you very much for this information, Jeffrey! I manage a bar in Columbus Ohio and there are definitely going to be drink specials and a major celebration that night!
15 Nov 2006 at 10:07 AM 4. paul
I hear ya Jeff. I’m going to start promoting this day as well. It should also be recognized as the end to one of our country’s biggest mistakes, prohibition. Never forget.
22 Nov 2006 at 12:10 PM 5. Dr. Brownfinger
Conveniently liquor is sold in “5ths” I believe You can somehow tie this in.
Keep up the good work.
-Tyler
22 Nov 2006 at 2:22 PM 6. bivialtor
great idea!
sorry to play the pedant (prefer playing the fool: better lines), but Halloween (aka All Hallow’s Eve, i.e., the evening preceding All Saints Day (“All Holies Day,” thence “All Hallow’s Day”)) would be expressed as “e’en” as an abbreviation for “evening” (or, more literally, “even,” often used interchangeably with “evening,” as in “eventide”).
and, no, I’ll not proffer any citations for the above. I made it all up. No, really.
But thanks for the Dec. 5th message.
“Bottoms up!”
cheers, biviator
22 Nov 2006 at 3:59 PM 7. Jeffrey
Thanks for the heads-up, but it was more of a typo than anything! It’s corrected now, and all is well with the world…
22 Nov 2006 at 8:58 PM 8. Shanee
Since the 5th is also my birthday, and this year being the 25th, I will do everything in my will to make this day known to everyone possible. Thanks so much for clueing me in.
24 Nov 2006 at 1:33 PM 9. doug
good sir, you deserve a medal!
27 Nov 2006 at 12:15 PM 10. Lisa
Count me in!
27 Nov 2006 at 7:11 PM 11. Chipping the web - 0×0A -- Chip’s Quips
[...] I’m all over this new holiday. In fact, I’ll start celebrating today. Never mind, I’ve been celebrating for months. Thanks, Shelley. [...]
27 Nov 2006 at 8:27 PM 12. raincoaster
Canadians won’t be jealous; American Prohibition was certainly good for Canadian business, but I think we can raise a glass across the border for one day every year. On your part in celebration, on our part in congratulations on returning to the wet side.
01 Dec 2006 at 1:40 PM 13. JON
you are my hero
01 Dec 2006 at 8:46 PM 14. evilrose
It must of worked because tonight I saw a commercial for Repeal Day December 5th. Way to go and Happy Celebrating.
02 Dec 2006 at 9:22 AM 15. FlaLiquorMan
Great Idea !
I wish I thought about this…
05 Dec 2006 at 12:58 PM 16. tBoner
This is freaking GENIUS!!!!!
05 Dec 2006 at 1:39 PM 17. StB
Fantastic idea. Time to help get the word out!
05 Dec 2006 at 1:58 PM 18. MAIRZ
I read this story a while back, and was literally blown away when I opened my New York Times this morning and saw what your article had led to. You’ve singlehandedly created a day we can all be proud of, mr. Morgenthaler.
05 Dec 2006 at 2:13 PM 19. boobs
Sounds like a great reason to celbrate. I’m canadian but i totally support any reason for friends to get together and a have a couple of drinks for a cause. Even though i’m not an amaerican i will still join in americas new reason to drink, because we all can.
05 Dec 2006 at 2:15 PM 20. boobs
Sounds like a great reason to celebrate. I’m canadian but i totally support any reason for friends to get together and a have a couple of drinks for a good reason. Even though i’m not an american i will still join in americas new reason to drink, because we all can.
05 Dec 2006 at 4:53 PM 21. Daniel
Sorry, no. The Twenty-First Amendment was written to ensure that it did not guarantee such a right: “Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.” The effects of Section 2 are at least two-fold. First, Federal control over interstate commerce was abridged; in the absence of this section, states could have prohibitted domestic manufacture and purely intra-state transactions, but inter-state sales would have remained the province of the national government. Second, any significance here of the Fourteenth Amendment is also negated. In fact, the Twenty-First Amendment doesn’t even prevent the Congress from now outlawing inter-state commerce in alcohol. And, if Congress more ambitiously sought to impose national prohibition by ordinary statuory law, then courts could entertain the same specious arguments as are now being used to prevent states such as California from decriminalizing some drug use.
05 Dec 2006 at 5:15 PM 22. NYD
Great post. Thanks for the history lesson. Will be marking it down on my calendar, spreading the news and celebrating… Responsibly of course.
05 Dec 2006 at 6:01 PM 23. Chipping the web - years of resentment -- Chip’s Quips
Happy Repeal Day, everyone! (Thanks again for the pointer, Shelley ). Yes, 73 years ago today, state conventions affirmed the pointlessness of restricting individual liberties in an attempt to protect people from themselves. Now if we could only get governments to extend that principle and remove remaining nanny laws. A toast: Libertas inaestimabilis res est.
05 Dec 2006 at 6:10 PM 24. Kurt
Daniel is right. There is a difference between having a Constitutional right (freedom of assembly) and the lack of a constitutional ban (alcohol and, I suppose, chicken dancing). It is 100% false to say “We have the constitutional right to do so. How many forms of pleasure are guaranteed by the Constitution? ” While I like the idea of this celebration, I dislike willfully uninformed masses — especially when drunk. Anyway, drink up!
05 Dec 2006 at 7:14 PM 25. Jeffrey
Okay, so the 21st Amendment doesn’t guarantee us all the right to consume alcohol. But it did repeal the amendment that did, and I stick by my guns: the fifth of December is a day to be celebrated.
Thanks for the info, guys! I need to shower and put on my Repeal Day outfit. There are drinks to be consumed, and service staff to be tipped!
Talk to you all tomorrow.
Jeff
05 Dec 2006 at 8:32 PM 26. A Dash of Bitters » Happy Repeal Day!
[...] If you read any cocktail blogs other than this one (and, by God, you really should), you already know this is Repeal Day, the seventy-third anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. To celebrate, I dove into a vintage cocktail book, Robert Vermeire’s Cocktails: How to Mix Them, which first appeared in print in Great Britain in 1922, when the Untied States were in the middle of their crazy delusion called Prohibition. I thought it would be fun to find a recipe that was current during that period. [...]
06 Dec 2006 at 11:15 AM 27. DrDrinkBastard
December 5th is Veteran’s Day for bartenders. Buy them a drink on their special day.
08 Dec 2006 at 8:49 AM 28. Married ...with dinner
21st amendment…
No, not the brewpub… The constitutional thingie.
As described by The Cocktail Chronicles, tonight’s the night to celebrate Repeal Day…
…the fabulous new drink holiday proposed by Jeffrey Morgenthaler to commemorate the end o…
12 Dec 2006 at 1:52 PM 29. jasonfifi
i’ve been going nuts about repeal day sense my first year as a legally drinking adult. it’s my favorite holiday; openly secular, openly all about getting a buzz on, and the only holiday that is based on actual people in this country gaining a freedom. it’s an excellent thing.
12 Dec 2006 at 1:52 PM 30. jasonfifi
oops, since*
15 Dec 2006 at 9:52 AM 31. Tom
Excellent idea, I am fully on board. It’s celebratory, and civic-minded.
This could, perhaps, spark a rash of new holidays celebrating each of the most important amendments. I look forward to it.
21 Feb 2007 at 5:28 PM 32. Sara R
I love it. A truly creative way to celebrate America’s freedom. Who knew learning could be so very fun!!
20 Mar 2007 at 11:03 AM 33. Brian
No one discriminates against gay leprechauns! *cough* Tom Cruise *cough*
19 May 2007 at 11:33 AM 34. Anastacia
I’m late for 2006 but there is no way I’ll miss this for 2007! Thanks for the great suggestion.
22 Jun 2007 at 12:09 PM 35. John
Love the site. Here in Western PA we actually started a club call the B.O.A.R.D. (The Brotherhood of Appreciating Repeal Day) We have five members and are planning our first party for Dec. 5th 2007.
22 Jun 2007 at 1:42 PM 36. Jeffrey Morgenthaler
John
That sounds great! Keep us updated about the Brotherhood, I’d love to know what you have planned for this year!
Jeff
15 Nov 2007 at 10:13 PM 37. Richard
Last month on November 5th, a date popularized recently by the movie V for Vendetta, over $4 million dollars was raised online in a single day for a presidential candidate who has worked tirelessly for Americans’ liberty in Washington DC for decades. You probably haven’t heard of him.
December 5th seems like a fitting date for a campaign donation to the candidate YOU think best defends your liberty. Maybe one who understands and cares that taxpayers’ money is being wasted on the new Prohibition, the war on drugs. One who realizes that the solution that is far worse than the problem, and always has been. Just like Prohibition.
Celebrate alcohol prohibition, and do something about full prohibition.
16 Nov 2007 at 4:06 AM 38. Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Richard
Thank you for writing.
I agree with your argument that Prohibition still exists in the United States, and I feel I should mention that this celebration is not limited to the alcohol industry.
I, a bartender, started this celebration as a way to enlighten Americans about the years this country spent in a very dark time, a time that should be remembered today.
Repeal Day belongs to all of us and was created by someone who wants to change the way Americans think and act about Prohibition of all sorts.
Thank you for commenting.
Jeff
19 Nov 2007 at 10:45 AM 39. DW
Shouldn’t it be “Repealment Day”? I realise that grammar is hardly a priority in discussing a new drinking holiday–but, that aside, I really think that Repealment has more of a satisfying ring to it than Repeal, and that’s important if we want this to catch on.
20 Nov 2007 at 7:48 AM 40. nathan
Halloween is the 6th most profitable event for retailers? I would have guessed 2nd. (Unless you count “Black Friday”, the day after thanksgiving, as a holiday separate from Christmas. Then maybe third.)
20 Nov 2007 at 5:40 PM 41. REF
in college we actually used to celebrate December 5th as “the fifth day of christmas.” christmas decorations went up, santa hats were worn, and you couldn’t come in the door without your own fifth of liquor.
20 Nov 2007 at 5:41 PM 42. REF
however i am all for celebrating repeal day. screw the 18th amendment
22 Nov 2007 at 10:14 PM 43. Dec 5th - A New American Drinking Holiday | The Hernandez Life
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26 Nov 2007 at 11:46 AM 44. Tammi
Great article! I can’t wait to celebrate. It’s going on my permanent special dates calendar…..Now where to celebrate….
27 Nov 2007 at 11:08 AM 45. Andrew
Hahaha! This is on my birthday! Awesome!
28 Nov 2007 at 8:31 PM 46. blingdawg
awesome. i will now spread the wonders of december 5th to everyone who even makes eye contact with me
30 Nov 2007 at 11:16 AM 47. Bimburg
I sprained my drinking muscle a couple of weeks ago. I made a promise that I wouldn’t drink again until January 2. I made that promise before I learned of this holiday. I plan on trying the muscle again on that day. Just a light workout, you understand. No heavy lifting.
30 Nov 2007 at 2:26 PM 48. John
We’re having a party. Dec. 5th. Check out our blog for the complete story. Thanks.
30 Nov 2007 at 9:03 PM 49. wyzowl
It’s my birthdy.
01 Dec 2007 at 7:08 PM 50. Danno
You, sir, have just won the internets.
Cheers!!!
03 Dec 2007 at 1:53 PM 51. AShley
I am so glad that someone else has as much passion about this day and I do! I try telling everyone to come out and join the best day of the year…a to celebrate the fact that we can drink! Yay for Repeal Day! Thanks for getting the word out!
04 Dec 2007 at 7:20 AM 52. Chris
I am stationed in Japan and I have brought tomorrow’s holiday to an international audience! The guys on my ship are going out to show that though we should “Remember, remember, the 5th of November,” we’ll never remember the 5th of December!
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05 Dec 2007 at 10:54 AM 55. Tim
HAPPY REPEAL DAY!
Let’s not argue the petty details (although I would submit that, the repeal of prohibition re-established the right to drink free of government interference. In the U.S. we are free to do whatever we want unless the state or Federal governments pass a law restricting those rights. Some rights cannot be abridged by law, the Constitution being the highest form of law in the U.S., but that does not negate the inherent or natural rights that exist without legislation), let’s drink to the triumph of individual freedom over the well-intentioned but misguided nanny-state that was Prohibition. CHEERS!!!
06 Dec 2007 at 3:04 PM 56. Nathanael Nerode
I want a way for a teetotaller to celebrate Repeal Day.
After all, the social pressure to drink alcohol was never higher than during Prohibition, and the amount of drunkenness was never higher. So I certainly approve of the end of Prohibition.
But I’m not about to celebrate by drinking alcohol!
07 Dec 2007 at 3:02 AM 57. Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Nathanael
We all celebrate Repeal Day in our own way, I suppose.
Cheers.
Jeff
07 Dec 2007 at 7:58 AM 58. Bruce Tomlinson
Thank You Jeff
Hope you had a great time in Manhattan.
I did my part here in Indianapolis. I looked at my Cocktail book collection and picked my 1930 “World Drinks and How To Mix Them” by Cocktail Bill Boothby. Grabbed a few friends and off we went to spread the word……
Everywhere we went we picked drinks out of the book with some great results. I also found a new favorite watering hole.
Win Win Win
Next year. The big 75th
Now on to the next holliday’s.
To all a Marry Christmas and a Liquid new year.
28 Jan 2008 at 6:35 PM 59. Jeremy
I will make Repeal Day an event at my place.
Jeremy J. J. Allen
Tin Spirits
Grapevine, TX
29 Jan 2008 at 1:50 PM 60. Justin Time
inflated sense of ego from holding a firearm or speaking in public?
Are you for real? If someone dares speak up or owns a firearm they are just stroking their ego according to you?
Insane.. but then again.. drunks are like that.
11 Nov 2008 at 12:56 PM 61. Niv
I’ve never given serious thought to Repeal Day until now. I’ll be sure to celebrate and spread the word!
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03 Dec 2008 at 10:10 AM 64. Greg
I wanted to make a few handouts to educate those we may encounter on our crawl around Birmingham. May I have permission to use some of your graphics? I love the banners.
04 Dec 2008 at 4:03 PM 65. Jason
On your main page you stated that Repeal Day is the only holiday that celebrates a law that guarantee our rights, but that is not correct.
December 15th is Bill of Rights day.
It has been around since 1941. It celebrates “All of the Bill of Rights for all Citizens” It’s also a Presidentially declared holiday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#Display_and_honoring_of_the_Bill_of_Rights
Regards,
/Jason
05 Dec 2008 at 4:23 AM 66. Agatha
Its my birthday too, so i guess its an all drink day for me and friends you all can join too………
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05 Dec 2008 at 3:13 PM 69. John
today is my first repeal day celebration. jeff, you are a hero.
02 Jan 2009 at 9:16 PM 70. Alicia
Just found your excellent website when searching for a good ginger beer recipe. As a homebrewer in juneau alaska I’ve found your suggestions and complimentary links especially invigorating and served with that special bit o’ flair. Just a note on repeal day: we’ve been celebrating for years now (all through college and the aftermath) and are proud to say our homestate of maryland is well on the way of possibly making this a national holiday (not really). But truthfully we’ve gotten stories from our friends who have carried on the torch to their own places of settlement.
As theme-party geeks we used to go all out by making our 1930’s home look the part of a barbershop closed for the night, making the partygoers enter from the back door, going to the local vintage store and dressing the part, a bathtub full of gin, and plenty of jazz and blues and our pool table in full use.
It was always the best party of the year and I am glad to see public references to its existence.
thanks!
10 Feb 2009 at 1:02 AM 71. Rhiannon
Please see the parallel between alcohol prohibition and the current drug prohibition. It is just as unfair and deadly. Please repeal it.
10 Feb 2009 at 1:03 AM 72. Rhiannon
Please see the parallel between alcohol prohibition and the current drug prohibition. Drug prohibition is just as unfair and deadly. Please repeal it.
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03 Dec 2009 at 5:26 PM 77. Peter A.
The boys at Spur Gastropub in Seattle published a link to your site and I am so glad to see others promoting Repeal Day so that it can finally be recognized as one of our greatest (if not *the* greatest) U.S. holiday. I’m currently celebrating by posting a series on the oldest bars in Seattle to the http://seattletwist.com blog.
Cheers,
Pete
05 Dec 2009 at 12:54 PM 78. Looka!» Blog Archive » Happy Repeal Day!
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19 Apr 2010 at 9:07 AM 79. Key West Scooter Rental guy
I love the idea of a Repeal Day holiday. We have a couple of holidays just for us down here in key west like Fantasy Fests and we can always come up with a good reason to drink every day ;) but Yes, I’m with you Jeffrey, I’ll start doing my part to promote Dec. 5 Repeal Day as a national holiday.
04 Nov 2010 at 3:47 AM 80. Mak Olsen
Repeal Day is a great idea! What better reason to celebrate with a couple of cocktails to mark the event! I’ll go with the others to promote it as a new public holiday.
02 Dec 2010 at 4:18 PM 81. A Toast To Repeal Day 2010
[...] For more information about my favorite secular holiday, visit RepealDay.org, a site created by local bartending and mixology blogger Jeffrey Mogenthaler, one of the first individuals to propose treating the anniversary as a holiday. [...]
05 Oct 2011 at 7:16 PM 82. [email protected]
Jeffrey,
This was delightful.
Thank you for sharing
29 Nov 2011 at 1:51 PM 83. Jen
Love it – can’t believe I’ve just now found this site. We are having a Repeal Day party for the most important day in US history (fine, fine, July 4th is up there, too…), and we’ll be sharing your website. Cheers!
05 Dec 2011 at 6:48 AM 84. A Toast to Repeal Day 2011
[...] For more information about my favorite secular holiday, visit RepealDay.org, a site created by local bartending and mixology blogger Jeffrey Mogenthaler, one of the first individuals to propose treating the anniversary as a holiday. [...]
05 Dec 2011 at 9:03 AM 85. December 5: Repeal Day | kushinlos
[...] will give you more history and Jeffery Morgenthaler wrote up his reasons we should celebrate here back in 2006, there is really only one reason as I see it to celebrate this day. It is as likely [...]