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muddled old fashioned

Jim Meehan’s Tall Boxes

RECIPE: Jim Meehan for Prairie School, Chicago
(Note: This bar has permanently closed.)

Photo: Emma Janzen

February 21, 2022

muddled old fashioned

Give this muddled brandy Old Fashioned a chance.

Inspired by the “much-maligned” muddled Old Fashioned, Tall Boxes, a brandy-based version by Jim Meehan, is named after Frank Lloyd Wright’s derisive moniker for skyscrapers.

Ingredients

2 oz. brandy (Meehan uses Sacred Bond)
1/4 oz. simple syrup (1:1)
1 thin orange half wheel
1 Morello cherry
3 dashes Angostura bitters

Tools:barspoon, strainer
Glass:rocks
Garnish:cherry and orange triangle on a cocktail pick

Preparation

Muddle the cherry and orange half wheel in the bottom of a mixing glass with the bitters and syrup. Add brandy and ice, and stir until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube and garnish.

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