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42-577: Russian River Brewing Company was created in 1997 when Korbel Champagne Cellars of Guerneville , California decided to try their hand at brewing beer . Brewer Vinnie Cilurzo was hired as brewmaster . Brettanomyces , Cilurzo's favorite component of lambic beers, were first used with local wine barrels in 1999 for production of sour beers. Korbel quit the brewing business, and sold the brewery to Cilurzo and his wife Natalie in 2002. Russian River, remodeled and expanded in 2004, eventually moving to Santa Rosa , at their current 4th Street location. Cilurzo

84-419: A maraschino cherry or both, although these modifications came around 1930, some time after the original recipe was invented. While some recipes began making sparse use of the orange zest for flavor, the practice of muddling orange and other fruit gained prevalence as late as the 1990s. Some modern variants have greatly sweetened the old-fashioned, e.g. by adding blood orange soda or lemon-lime soda to make

126-455: A class or type of wine. Such names – like champagne, sherry and port – are called semi-generics, and may be used on labels only in direct conjunction with an appropriate appellation of origin (place in the United States where the grapes were grown) and only on wines that conform to the standard of identity for that class or type. In 2006, all 27 EU-member countries, including France, signed

168-402: A fizzy old-fashioned, or muddled strawberries to make a strawberry old-fashioned. In Wisconsin, an "old fashioned, sweet" is made with lemon-lime soda, and "old fashioned, sour" is made with grapefruit soda. Modern versions may also include elaborately carved ice. Cocktail critic David Wondrich notes that this goes against the simple spirit of the old-fashioned. Another more modern variation

210-412: A grating of nutmeg. Sugar in turn was cut from a sugarloaf . By the 1860s, cocktails were generally iced, sugar syrup generally replaced solid sugar, whiskey had become a popular spirit, and a lemon twist replaced nutmeg as a garnish. Build was inconsistent: some were stirred, some shaken, some strained off the ice, some built in the glass. By the time "old-fashioned cocktails" started to be referred to in

252-429: A recipe for "Toddy–Old-fashioned", with only a lump of sugar, water, ice, and whiskey, with the spoon in the glass. George Kappeler provides several of the earliest published recipes for old-fashioned cocktails in his 1895 book. Recipes are given for whiskey, brandy, Holland gin, and Old Tom gin. The whiskey old fashioned recipe specifies the following (with a jigger being 2 US fluid ounces or 59 millilitres): Dissolve

294-417: A slight variation, specifying 12 parts American whiskey, 1 part simple syrup, 1–3 dashes Angostura bitters, a twist of lemon peel over the top, and serve garnished with the lemon peel. Two additional recipes from the 1900s vary in the precise ingredients but omit the cherry which was introduced after 1930 as well as the soda water which the occasional recipe calls for. Orange bitters were a popular ingredient in

336-422: A small lump of sugar with a little water in a whiskey-glass; add two dashes Angostura bitters , a small piece ice, a piece lemon-peel, one jigger whiskey. Mix with small bar-spoon and serve, leaving spoon in the glass. By the 1860s, as illustrated by Jerry Thomas 's 1862 book, basic cocktail recipes included Curaçao or other liqueurs. These liqueurs were not mentioned in the early 19th century descriptions, nor

378-513: A small piece of lemon peel, one jigger Holland gin. Mix with a small bar spoon. Serve. Recipes varied in the fruit they used. In 1905, the Hoffman House Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail included an orange slice, though this was absent from other recipes. In 1934, an "Old Fashioned Cocktail (Whiskey)" featured a lemon peel, orange peel, and slice of pineapple. A book by David Embury published in 1948 provides

420-480: A spoon, and strain into another whisky glass. No. 2. Prepared like the old-fashion No. 1, with the exception that you use one chunk of ice only and leave it in the glass instead of strain it. Points to note include that this uses whiskey, without including it in the name; that it specifies either stirring and straining or building in the glass; it includes both half a lump of sugar and (sugar) syrup; and that it includes absinthe in addition to bitters. Proulx also gives

462-449: A sugar loaf. Orange slices began to be used as early as 1905. After the repeal of Prohibition, recipes for an "old-fashioned" in the 1930s specified whiskey, and included other fruit (orange slice, cherry), which is reflected in the IBA recipe. These recipes existed prior to Prohibition, but were uncommon or considered different cocktails, not an old fashioned. With the cocktail renaissance in

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504-408: Is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon ) or sometimes brandy , and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. It is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass (also known as a rocks glass). Developed during the 19th century and given its name in the 1880s, it is an IBA Official Cocktail . It

546-457: Is a winery based in Guerneville, California . Since 1882, Korbel has primarily manufactured California sparkling wine, using the méthode champenoise process. In this process, sparkling wine is fermented inside the same bottle from which it is served. The company is a division of F. Korbel Brothers, and also makes brandy and still wine, and imports Prosecco from Italy. F. Korbel & Bros.

588-449: Is a private company owned and operated by the Heck family. Brown-Forman has handled Korbel's marketing and sales since 1965. Korbel was founded in 1882 by three Czech brothers named Korbel. It was purchased by Adolf Heck in 1954. Heck's son, Gary, took over in 1982, and over time increased production from 150,000 to 1.6 million cases per year, making Korbel the 16th largest wine producer in

630-497: Is also one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury 's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks . The recipe for the old fashioned dates to the early 1800s, though not by that name. The term "old-fashioned cocktails" dates to 1880, and recipes by that name appear in cocktail books of the late 1880s and 1890s, with Proulx (1888) of Chicago the earliest known. An old fashioned was one of the simpler and earlier versions of cocktails, before

672-409: Is given by Theodore Proulx of Chapin & Gore of Chicago in 1888: Old-fashioned Cocktail. Take one-half lump of sugar, and dissolve it with water in a bar or whisky glass, which have the same meaning; then pour out the water; add a little bitters, syrup and absinthe as you would to any other cocktail; twist a piece of lemon-peel; drop in two or three pieces of ice, one jigger of whisky; stir with

714-463: Is most likely false, however, and the practice more likely began after the Second World War due to supply shortages in spirits other than brandy. In January 2020, drinks journal Drinks International reported the old fashioned to be the top selling classic cocktail internationally, for the 6th straight year, based on its annual, global poll of 100 bars. With its purported conception rooted in

756-477: Is probably false, however, and the more likely origin is due to the availability of brandy during post- WWII liquor shortages. Korbel has followed regulations – both in letter and in spirit – regarding use of the word “ champagne ” on wines made in and marketed in the United States, specifically regulations established by the U.S. Department of Treasury in the 1930s. These regulations allow U.S. producers to use names of geographical significance that also designate

798-585: Is regarded as one of the most innovative microbrewers in the country and credited with inventing the beer style Double India Pale Ale , known alternately as Imperial IPA, when he was the head brewer at Blind Pig Brewing Company in Temecula , California . Plans to open a second location in Windsor, just north of Santa Rosa, began before the 2017 Sonoma County fires . In 2016, the Cilurzos partnered with Comerica to finance

840-544: Is the smoked old fashioned. The glass is smoked by a torch , smoking gun, or cocktail smoker. There is also an option through dry ice , the Smokin' Steve Old Fashioned, created by Steve Haddadin. The old fashioned is the cocktail of choice of Don Draper , the lead character on the Mad Men television series, set in the 1960s. The use of the drink in the series coincided with a renewed interest in this and other classic cocktails in

882-465: Is used to cool the wort for some of the beers. Barrels of beer are stored in their barrel warehouse and begin tasting after 9 months, though can be aged up to two years before blending. (All of Russian River's barrel-aged beers contain brettanomyces , many contain lactobacillus and pediococcus ) Russian River Brewing Company and Vinnie Cilurzo have won numerous awards for their beer. Korbel Champagne Cellars Korbel Champagne Cellars

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924-528: The Chicago Daily Tribune descriptions of the "old-fashioned" cocktails of the early 1880s; they were absent from Kappeler's old-fashioned recipes as well. The differences of the old-fashioned cocktail recipes from the cocktail recipes of the late 19th Century are mainly preparation methods, the use of sugar and water in lieu of simple or gum syrup , and the absence of additional liqueurs. These old-fashioned cocktail recipes are literally for cocktails done

966-406: The 1880s, this still referred to various spirits – a whiskey version was called an "old fashioned whiskey cocktail" – but specified a lump of sugar, rather than syrup, building in the glass, and sometimes left a spoon in the glass, to stir or eat the partially undissolved sugar. This continued until Prohibition. Sugar cubes largely replaced sugar loafs around 1900, but some recipes continued to specify

1008-453: The 2000s, craft cocktail versions returned to the pre-Prohibition recipes, with only a lemon twist (or orange twist, or both, known as "rabbit ears"). By the 2020s, craft cocktail versions generally used sugar syrup, rather than solid sugar, due to better dissolving, consistency, and speed. Traditionally it is built in the glass, but others stir in a mixing glass and then strain over an ice cube. The earliest recipe for an old-fashioned cocktail

1050-548: The 2000s. It was also the basis of an oft-quoted line from the 1963 movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World , when boozy pilot Jim Backus decides to make the cocktail and leaves passenger Buddy Hackett to fly the plane. When Hackett asks, "What if something happens?" Backus replies, "What could happen to an old-fashioned?" This scene is satirized in Archer season 3 episode 1 ("Heart of Archness") when Sterling Archer attempts to make an old fashioned on Rip Riley's seaplane but lacks

1092-543: The Bilateral U.S.-EC Trade Agreement on Wine reaffirming this right. This Agreement takes the laws of all involved nations into account, halts the development and use of new brands with semi-generic terms by U.S. wineries, while protecting U.S. producers – such as Korbel – who have made substantial long-term investments in trademarks, brand names and marketing of their products. Korbel California sparkling wines have been served at 10 United States presidential inaugurations . It

1134-690: The Pendennis Club wasn’t founded until 1881, I think it’s safe to pronounce this myth busted. The popular story of how making an old-fashioned cocktail with brandy instead of whiskey began attributes it to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, when the recently opened Korbel winery offered samples of their wine and brandy. Central European immigrants from Milwaukee took a liking to the Bohemian-born Korbel brothers' brandy, and brought it back to their home state and began using it in cocktails. This story

1176-621: The United States as of 2022. The popular origin story of the brandy old fashioned (an old fashioned made with brandy instead of whiskey, popular in Wisconsin ) goes that during the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, the Korbel brothers were offering samples of their wine and brandy. Central European immigrants from Milwaukee took a liking to the Bohemian Korbel brothers' brandy, and brought it back to Wisconsin and began using it in cocktails. This story

1218-424: The brandy old fashioned was named Wisconsin's state cocktail in 2023. Recipes have varied over the years; the IBA recipe (with fruit) reflects mid-1900s practice, while modern craft cocktail recipes are closer to pre- Prohibition practice, though often modernized. Early cocktails primarily used Holland gin or brandy, and did not use ice; they consisted of spirit, water, sugar, and bitters, often garnished with

1260-407: The city's history, in 2015 the city of Louisville named the old fashioned as its official cocktail. Each year, during the first two weeks of June, Louisville celebrates "Old Fashioned Fortnight", which encompasses bourbon events, cocktail specials, and National Bourbon Day which is always celebrated on 14 June. Due to the popularity of the cocktail (when made with brandy) in the state of Wisconsin ,

1302-483: The development of advanced bartending techniques and recipes in the later part of the 19th century. The first documented definition of the word "cocktail" was in response to a reader's letter asking to define the word in the 6 May 1806, issue of The Balance and Columbian Repository in Hudson, New York . In the 13 May 1806, issue, the paper's editor wrote that it was a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar; it

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1344-525: The late 19th century. The original old fashioned recipe would have showcased the whiskey available in America in the 19th century: Irish, Bourbon or rye whiskey . But in some regions, especially Wisconsin , brandy is substituted for whiskey (sometimes called a brandy old fashioned). Eventually the use of other spirits became common, such as a gin recipe becoming popularized in the late 1940s. Common garnishes for an old fashioned include an orange slice or

1386-455: The name "Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail" were published over 30 years before Crockett's claim, and the cocktail itself had existed for decades earlier. Cocktail historians also reject this claim – Robert Simonson rejects it, and David Wondrich rejects this origin story as a "myth", writing: Since the Chicago Daily Tribune was already discussing ‘old fashioned cocktails’ in February of 1880 and

1428-464: The old Waldorf in the days of its “sit-down” Bar, and introduced by, or in honor of, Col. James E. Pepper, of Kentucky, proprietor of a celebrated whiskey of the period. The Old-fashioned Whiskey cocktail was said to have been the invention of a bartender at the famous Pendennis Club in Louisville, of which Col. Pepper was a member. This is flatly contradicted by the historical record – multiple recipes by

1470-565: The old fashioned is sometimes credited to the Pendennis Club , a gentlemen's club founded in 1881 in Louisville, Kentucky , and its introduction to New York to James E. Pepper , a prominent bourbon distiller and member of the club. This attribution is due to Albert Stevens Crockett of the Waldorf-Astoria , writing in the 1930s: Cocktails Old-Fashioned Whiskey This was brought to

1512-547: The old-fashioned way. Gin Cocktail Use small bar glass 3 or 4 dashes of gum syrup 2 do [dashes] bitters Bogart's 1 wine glass of gin 1 or 2 dashes of Curaçao 1 small piece lemon peel fill one-third full of fine ice shake well and strain in a glass Old Fashioned Holland Gin Cocktail Crush a small lump of sugar in a whiskey glass containing a little water, add a lump of ice, two dashes of Angostura bitters,

1554-547: The pre-1850s drinks. The original concoction, albeit in different proportions, came back into vogue, and was referred to as "old-fashioned". The most popular of the in-vogue "old-fashioned" cocktails were made with whiskey, according to a Chicago barman, quoted in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1882, with rye being more popular than Bourbon. The recipe he describes is a similar combination of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar of seventy-six years earlier. The invention of

1596-534: The project, and the Windsor Planning Commission approved the new brewery, pub, and restaurant the following year. By September 2018, the new brewery was completed and operational. The Windsor facility opened its doors to customers that October. The Windsor facility is differentiated from the Santa Rosa location by its larger size, free parking, expanded menu, and guided brewery tour. The Cilurzos hoped that

1638-529: The two locations would give tourists and local customers the opportunity "to come and spread out and enjoy the experience on their own terms," especially during the annual Pliny the Younger release, which sometimes resulted in lines around the block. Windsor officials hoped that the new location would be a financial boon and make the city more attractive for similar businesses, and the city's "Windsor Hopper" shuttle service, linking local hotels, wineries, and breweries,

1680-526: Was also one of the wines served on January 20, 2009, at the Congressional Inaugural Luncheon for U.S. President Barack Obama . Korbel's brandy has a particularly strong following in the state of Wisconsin , where over 50% of Korbel's brandy production is consumed. 38°30′28″N 122°58′1″W  /  38.50778°N 122.96694°W  / 38.50778; -122.96694 Old fashioned (cocktail) The old fashioned

1722-557: Was also referred to at the time as a bittered sling. J.E. Alexander describes the cocktail similarly in 1833, as he encountered it in New York City, as being rum, gin, or brandy, significant water, bitters, and sugar, though he includes a nutmeg garnish as well. By the 1860s, it was common for orange curaçao , absinthe , and other liqueurs to be added to the cocktail. As cocktails became more complex, drinkers accustomed to simpler cocktails began to ask bartenders for something akin to

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1764-652: Was unveiled coinciding with the 2019 Pliny release. In addition to the 20 barrel brewpub (capable of about 3000 barrels per year), Russian River also has a 50 barrel production brewery, originally from Dogfish Head Brewery . In late 2014, the production facility is being updated with a four vessel, 50 barrel brewhouse made by AAA Metal Fabrication in Beaverton, Ore. Russian River has distributors in California , Colorado , Oregon , and Pennsylvania . The company also distributes to 500 restaurants, bars, and other stores. A coolship

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