The Utah Old Fashioned is built around High West Distillery's bourbon or rye whiskey, with sugar, Angostura bitters, orange peel and a Luxardo cherry over a single large ice cube.

High West Distillery, founded by David and Jane Perkins in 2006, became Utah's first legal distillery since 1870. Its Park City saloon opened in 2008 in a historic livery stable, and by 2015 the Wanship distillery on Blue Sky Ranch was producing High West's award-winning whiskeys. The Utah cocktail scene built around High West's bourbon, rye and Campfire whiskey blends, codifying a regional Old Fashioned identity at downtown bars including Bar X, Post Office Place and Beerhive Pub.

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Make it at home

Serves 15 minEasy

Ingredients

  • 60ml High West Bourbon or Rye
  • 1 sugar cube or 1 teaspoon simple syrup
  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 strip orange peel
  • 1 Luxardo cherry
  • 1 large ice cube

Method

  1. Place sugar cube in a rocks glass. Saturate with Angostura bitters.
  2. Muddle the sugar and bitters until largely dissolved.
  3. Add a splash of water and stir to dissolve any remaining sugar.
  4. Add High West whiskey and stir gently 10 seconds.
  5. Add a single large ice cube. Express the orange peel oils over the drink and drop the peel in.
  6. Garnish with a Luxardo cherry. Serve immediately.

Editor tip. High West Bourbon is the canonical Utah pour; Rye gives a spicier cocktail. A single large ice cube melts slower than crushed and preserves the cocktail's strength.