Honey old fashioned

[paulraphael]

Why don't I see more people doing this? It's delicious and seems kind of obvious.

[Tri2Cook]

For one of the old Mixology Monday events, I baked sweet potatoes until I had a decent amount of the sugars cooked out and caramelized on the pan. I deglazed the pan with water to get a syrup and used that as the sweetener in an old fashioned. I thought it was pretty tasty but it would be hugely impractical as a regular thing. My point in mentioning it is, I did all that and it's never occurred to me to use honey in one... so maybe it's only obvious once you've done it. 

[paulraphael]

28 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

For one of the old Mixology Monday events, I baked sweet potatoes until I had a decent amount of the sugars cooked out and caramelized on the pan. I deglazed the pan with water to get a syrup and used that as the sweetener in an old fashioned. I thought it was pretty tasty but it would be hugely impractical as a regular thing. My point in mentioning it is, I did all that and it's never occurred to me to use honey in one... so maybe it's only obvious once you've done it. 

 

We have sweet potatoes roasting in the oven right now, and whiskey is the one thing we hoarded for the pandemic. I'm tempted. How were they?

[Tri2Cook]

1 hour ago, paulraphael said:

 

We have sweet potatoes roasting in the oven right now, and whiskey is the one thing we hoarded for the pandemic. I'm tempted. How were they?

It was a long time ago and the memory isn't what it used to be but I remember it being tasty. I found my notes for it, it was posted on my old blog that I closed to public access years ago because I just wasn't very good at it. According to my post: I deglazed the pan with water and rolled the potatoes in that water to dissolve the syrup on the surface as well. I then mixed that resulting water 1:1 with sugar. I also apparently gave the empty glass a twist from a piece of orange zest and a drop of toasted walnut oil that I wiped around the inside of the glass with the orange zest. I didn't even remember doing that part. Outside of that, it says I used 2 oz bourbon, 2 tsp of the syrup and a dash of angostura. So as you see, my memory is not reliable. I don't remember it being a train wreck though, pretty sure it was drinkable. 

[haresfur]

I'm liberal with the sweetner, spirit, and bitters in an Old Fashioned. Date syrup makes a nice variation.

[chord]

In the winter, maple syrup, bourbon, and orange bitters work really well together.

[Anna N]

11 hours ago, haresfur said:

I'm liberal with the sweetner, spirit, and bitters in an Old Fashioned. Date syrup makes a nice variation.

Finally a use for the date syrup that has been languishing in my pantry for Lord only knows how long – – unopened. 

[paulraphael]

7 hours ago, chord said:

In the winter, maple syrup, bourbon, and orange bitters work really well together.

 

That sounds great.

[blue_dolphin]

On 5/15/2020 at 1:36 AM, haresfur said:

I'm liberal with the sweetner, spirit, and bitters in an Old Fashioned. Date syrup makes a nice variation.

Indeed it does and the bourbon-soaked date was a nice treat at the end!  Thanks for that idea!

Edited May 16, 2020 by blue_dolphin (log)