Whiskey Old Fashioned Mead Recipe

Our Whiskey Old Fashioned Mead Recipe! We took the cocktail: Old Fashioned, broke it down into it’s flavor components, and crafted a mead in the style of the Whiskey Old Fashioned.

What is an Old Fashioned? I’m glad you asked! Wikipedia proclaims:

“The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon) or sometimes brandy, and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. It is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass (also known as a rocks glass).

Developed during the 19th century and given its name in the 1880s, it is an IBA Official Cocktail. It is also one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.”

So this concept goes back, way back. We took that idea and gave it a twist! (Pun intended)

Ingredients:

3 lbs (1.36 kg) Wild Flower Honey: https://amzn.to/3RhWK2x

Zest of One Orange

10 g Fermaid O: https://amzn.to/41hJDmF

100 oz (2.957 liters) Water

1 pkg 71B Yeast: https://amzn.to/486CMyH

Additions:

10 oz (14 fluid oz or 0.414 liters) Jar Maraschino Cherries and their Juices: https://amzn.to/3GGvyFK

20 oz (0.59 liters) Wild Turkey 101 Whiskey

Back Sweeten with Honey to taste (1.018 specific gravity)

1/2 t Wine Tannin: https://amzn.to/41hIOdt

1 t Acid Blend: https://amzn.to/41cI5KN

Serve over Ice and Garnish with a Maraschino Cherry and an Orange Swath (if you choose)

Tools We Use:

Little Big Mouth Bubbler: https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/little-big-mouth-bubbler

Scale: https://amzn.to/41eVa6c

Zester: https://amzn.to/46QIUKr

Wisk of Unusually Small Size: https://amzn.to/3uYSa1D

Stirring Paddle: https://amzn.to/46RPBM4

Star San: https://amzn.to/48c7syq

Hydrometer Kit: https://amzn.to/48cufKO

Baster: https://amzn.to/486DdZR

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pH Meter: https://amzn.to/4abkONk

Half Sheet Baking Pans: https://amzn.to/3TkNg9s

Auto Siphon: https://amzn.to/3Nmw5Rf

Glencairn Glasses: https://amzn.to/487XUVl

Rocks Glasses: https://amzn.to/48cizHG

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