The Old-Fashioned is a classic crowd-pleasing cocktail. If you're making it for your next party, here's how many drinks you'll get out of a bottle of bourbon.

What’s the best bourbon for an old fashioned cocktail ... There was a nice mix of classic old fashioned notes on the nose — bitters, orange, cherry, whiskey. The palate had a nice sense ...

whiskey specialist for Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey label Angel’s Envy, explains, the early iterations of the Old Fashioned and, indeed, many other cocktails, relied predominantly on rye.

And as for “What whiskey to use in an old fashioned ... Can you make your old fashioned with bourbon? Certainly, even though it was originally conceived as more of a rye-based cocktail ...

grain-to-glass whiskey can throw down with the best of them. “Few Straight Bourbon is one of my favorite whiskeys to reach for when a guest asks for a classic Old Fashioned,” says Mueller.

There’s also hints of citrus and tobacco smoke, imbuing your old fashioned with a lingering complexity. It’s shocking that you can still find Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey ...

Add ice to a mixing glass. Stir in rye, blood orange juice, elderflower syrup and orange blossom water. Strain into rocks ...

And oh man, does Bourbon x Rye have a lot to offer. I poured the whiskey neat first, as I needed to understand the base whiskey to decide the proper ratio of other old fashioned ingredients.