Old Fashioned Cocktail KitIt doesn't get more classic or reliable than this. The original definition of cocktail was simply "any combination of spirit, sugar, and bitters". Hence, as more and more "cocktails" came to be made and defined, this formula became known as the "Old Fashioned" way to make a cocktail. So while it may have been old fashioned since at least the 1850's, it remains as alive as ever. Nowadays it generally implies a base of American whiskey, and we prefer