This Batched Freezer Door Old Fashioned is my signature old fashioned. Its perfectly balanced with brown sugar, cherry, bitters, and bourbon. Its deeply flavorful, and now ready to pour straight from the freezer. It’s everything I love in a classic old fashioned, scaled up for ease and longevity. Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, or just a chilly weeknight, this batch cocktail is always ready when you are.
The magic is in the balance: brown sugar simple syrup for rich sweetness, a touch of syrup from cocktail cherries for depth, the perfect bourbon, and just the right blend of bitters. A splash of water adds a hint of dilution so it’s perfectly pourable and not too strong right out of the freezer.
Its my How to make a perfect old fashioned but scaled up and can live happily in a freezer-safe bottle for months, and serving it couldn’t be easier: just open, pour over ice, and enjoy. That’s it.
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⭐ WHY YOU WILL LOVE THIS RECIPE
- Signature cocktail, made easy: No shaking, no stirring, just pour and sip.
- Holiday-hosting hero: Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Friendsgiving.
- Lives in your freezer: One batch = months of low-effort cocktails.
- Perfectly balanced: Rich, smooth, a little sweet, and just strong enough.
Key Ingredients
- Bourbon: Choose your favorite, but my go-to is Old Forster 1910 or 1870.
- Brown Sugar Simple Syrup: its super easy to make and adds rich, caramelized sweetness.
- Syrup from Luxardo or cocktail cherries: Just a touch brings extra flavor and depth.
- Bitters: A mix of aromatic bitters for balance and structure.
- Water: Just enough to pre-dilute for a smooth, freezer-pourable finish.
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make it!
- Step 1: Start by making the brown sugar syrup. Add 1 cup of water and 1 cup of brown sugar to a small saucepan and heat on medium until all the sugar has dissolved. Let cool, then strain.
- Step 2: Using a funnel, pour 3 ¼ cups of bourbon and ½ cup of the brown sugar syrup into the 32-ounce bottle.
- Step 3: Then add 1 ounce of syrup from a Luxardo cherry jar, 25 dashes of Angostura aromatic bitters, and 1 ounce of water.
- Step 4: Serve garnished with a cherry and orange peel or store in the freezer.
Tips:
Use a bourbon you really love, my favorite for an old-fashioned is the Old Forster Whiskey Row series.
• Don’t skip the cherry syrup. It adds a subtle, beautiful depth without making it sweet.
• Pre-dilution is key: The added water keeps the cocktail from being too hot right out of the freezer.
• Want to dress it up? Add extra bitters like orange or cherry to give it an extra bit of flavor.
Batched Freezer Door Old Fashioned
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: cocktail
- Method: stirred
- Cuisine: american
Description
Batched Freezer-Door Old-Fashioned is my signature old fashioned. Its perfectly balanced with brown sugar, cherry, bitters, and bourbon.
Ingredients
Supplies:
- 32-ounce air-tight bottle
Brown Sugar Syrup:
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup brown sugar
Batched old fashioned
- 3 ¼ cups bourbon
- ½ cup brown sugar syrup
- 1 ounce Luxardo cherry syrup
- 25 dashes Angostura aromatic bitters
- 1 ounce water
Instructions
- Start by making the brown sugar syrup. Add 1 cup of water and 1 cup of brown sugar to a small saucepan and heat on medium until all the sugar has dissolved. Let cool, then strain.
- Using a funnel, pour 3 ¼ cups of bourbon, ½ cup of the brown sugar syrup, 1 ounce of syrup from a Luxardo cherry jar, 25 dashes of Angostura aromatic bitters, and 1 ounce of water into the 32-ounce bottle.
- Seal and give it a shake to mix and either serve 2.5 ounces over ice or store in the freezer.
Notes
Store in the freezer for months.
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