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Cocktail Of The Week

The New Fashioned Wolfgang Puck’s Spago, Forum Shops $10

Xania Woodman

INGREDIENTS:

1 oz. Maker’s Mark whiskey

0.5 oz. Marie Brizzard Peach Schnapps

0.5 oz. Stoli Oranj Vodka

Splash fresh orange juice

Splash ginger ale

Muddled huckleberries

Combine over ice, shake, strain into ... an Old Fashioned glass!

No, you’re not drunk. This town is big enough for two new interpretations of the classic cocktail the Old Fashioned, historically a combo of Bourbon whiskey, bitters, soda water and a sugar cube (as defined in an 1806 newspaper). Last week’s New Fashioned subbed simple syrup for a cube, seasonal fruit for the traditional orange, lemon or cherry garnish. Wolfgang Puck’s mixologists took a crack at the drink for the Comedy Festival, held at Caesars Palace November 14-17, their mega-revision introducing peach schnapps, orange-flavored vodka, OJ, ginger ale and huckleberries, keeping only the whiskey intact

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