Together local businesses are raising a glass and some funds for a great cause!

You can join in the Old Fashioned Week celebration and help support your local bars and restaurant workers today through October 24.

Brent Holverson, regional sales manager of Heaven Hill Brands, Bernie Lubbers, global brand ambassador of Heaven Hill Distillery, and Josh Gonzales, owner of The Thunderbird joined us today to share more about it. They crafted an orange old fashioned cocktail in celebration.

Here’s the recipe!

• 2 oz. Elijah Craig Bourbon
• ½ oz. Simple Syrup
• 2 shakes Angostura Bitters
• 2 shakes Regan’s Orange Bitters
• Orange Peel

To find a participating bar in your area, click here and enter your zip code.

For more information visit, oldfashionedweek.com.

THIS SEGMENT IS SPONSORED BY HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY.

Together local businesses are raising a glass and some funds for a great cause!

You can join in the celebration and help support your local bars and restaurant workers beginning tomorrow, October 15 and to Sunday, October 24.

Brent Holverson, regional sales manager of Heaven Hill Brands, Bernie Lubbers, global brand ambassador of Heaven Hill Distillery, and Josh Gonzales, owner of The Thunderbird joined us today to share more about it.

To find a participating bar in your area, click here and enter your zip code.

For more information visit, oldfashionedweek.com.

THIS SEGMENT IS SPONSORED BY HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY.

If you can’t stand the heat, don’t get in the kitchen with Brett Butler, mixologist! That’s because today he made a Smoked Maple Old Fashioned that went perfectly with our Maxine’s Chicken & Waffles!

He also made a Prohibition-era inspired cocktail, called the “Mary Pickford,” in celebration of the Roaring 20’s and “Gatsby” glam era.

“Smoked Maple Old Fashioned” – a Fall bourbon classic with maple, fig and cinnamon

Ingredients:

• 3  oz.  Bourbon
• .75 oz.  Alcomy Old Fashioned mix
• 2  dashes Angostura bitters
• 2  dashes  Orange bitters

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a mixing tin or Old Fashioned cocktail mixing glass, with ice. Stir for about 20 seconds. Smoke the inside of an Old Fashioned rocks glass, and strain contents into the glass with an extra large ice cube. Garnish with an orange swath and Luxardo cherry.

“Mary Pickford” – a Prohibition-era classic with rum, pineapple, maraschino liqueur and housemade grenadine.

Ingredients:

• 2  oz.  Rum
• 2 oz.  Pineapple juice
• 1 bsp  Luxardo maraschino liqueur
• 2 bsp  Housemade grenadine 

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds until fully emulsified and frothy. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a maraschino cherry. Cheers ol’ sport!

About Alcomy LLC. and Brett Butler:

Alcomy LLC is a mobile mixology and cocktail elixir service, focusing on unique culinary cocktails and elixirs.  We infuse the science of liquid gastronomy with the creative passion of art to curate a magical, memorable experience in your home, office or event space.  It’s “Farm to Glass, Flaired with Class.”

Brett W. Butler is an entrepreneur, entertainer and mixologist with over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality and entertainment industries. After 10 years in L.A., Brett is back home in Indiana, curating his Alcomy experience throughout the Indy area.  

For more information visit,  thealcomyexperience.com.

FB & IG: @alcomylife

Purchase Alcomy Elixirs here: marketwagon.com/vendors?id=1563