May 30-Fancy Free

This cocktail was literally made to be a fancier more high end Old Fashioned, thus the name Fancy Free. Despite this it just ends up being a less interesting Improved Whiskey Cocktail. I say this becaus ewhile it does include 2 different bitters, it doesn’t have the absinthe. They both do contain whiskey and maraschino. There is also more whiskey in the Improved. The improved also uses Peychaud’s bitters rather thyan angostura or orange.

This cocktail was created by Crosby Gage for his book Cocktail Guide and Ladies’ Companion. This cocktail also used to be called the Improved Old Fashioned but it had to be changed due to the similarities to the Improved Whiskey Cocktail.

Full Judging Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19faR2d78Atk_q-0oUyP_5B9B622AILJfkDvH-dI9BrA/edit?tab=t.0