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Old fashioned
OVERVIEW

This video shows how to

organise our ‘order of op-
eration’ when preparing a
stirred drink served over
one large block of ice to-
KEY POINTS
Get used to holding three glasses in one hand
and being able to ice them all up at the same
time.

When making multiple drinks, build them up

together and garnish last so that guests can
enjoy their drinks together while they’re as fresh
black or white Russian by making the coffee/
vodka ratio 1:1

Make sure to use good quality milk, no point

Black & White gether two quick built
Russian drinks with similar ingredi-
ents. Always consider the
best order to make drinks
in, there is almost always a
consequential decision to
be made.
as possible.
Rather than remembering a whole new recipe for
drinks like the white Russian just tell yourself it’s
a black Russian with milk. There are hundreds of
examples of cocktails which can be remembered
in this way.
It is perfectly acceptable to adjust the balance of
a drink while you’re making it, maybe your pour
was slightly off, or you used a different whiskey
or a lighter sugar syrup, the final taste is what
really matters.
You can increase the sweetness and
pervasiveness of coffee flavour in either the
using good quality spirits and then ruining it
with bad mixers. A cocktail is only as good as it’s
worst ingredient.
HACKS
Half n Half (a mix of cream and milk) can also be
used for a much sweeter white Russian.
Some people shake their white Russians, this
will completely open up (aerate) the milk and
make a light, milkshake-like texture, each to
their own.
Bourbon is the most commonly used whiskey
in the old fashioned but most types of whiskey
work well as we’re really just seasoning the spir-
it with sugar and spice.

RECIPE
GLASS: Rocks METHOD: Build
ICE: Cubed GARNISH: None
INGREDIENTS CL ML OZ
Vodka 4 40 1 1/2
Kahlua 2 20 3/4

OPTIONAL: White Russian: fill with milk or half & half

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Old fashioned
INGREDIENTS
Kahlua

A Mexican coffee liqueur

with a rum base, this means
it is rum that has been fla-
Black & White voured with coffee and
Russian sweetened with sugar. Most
liqueurs follow this basic
formula – Spirit, Flavour,
Sweetener.