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Fancy Free in a coupe glass

Fancy Free

An Old Fashioned with maraschino and orange bitters.

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Ingredients

  • Bourbon2 oz (60 ml)
  • Maraschino Liqueur0.5 oz (15 ml)
  • Orange Bitters2 dashes
  • Angostura Bitters1 dash

How to make it

  1. Stir all ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain into a chilled coupe.

Glass: Coupe

May contain: Gluten. Always check your own bottles.

History

The Fancy Free is essentially an Old Fashioned dressed up with maraschino liqueur alongside the whiskey and bitters. It appears in mid-20th-century American bar guides as a maraschino-scented variation on the original cocktail formula.

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