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Farmer’s market old fashioned cocktail

This holiday season Cheers to Happy Hour is gifting us a simple trick for enhancing your Canadian corn-based whisky with the use of good ‘ol Canadian whole grain oats to create a new take on an Old Fashioned called the Farmer’s Market.

This is a recipe for adults 19+, please enjoy responsibly.

Yield: 1 serving

Prep time: 24 hours

Ingredients:

Oat infused whiskey

  • 120g Ontario Oats
  • 2 cups Canadian Whisky (I used Sleeman Straight Whisky)

Farmer’s Market

  • 2 oz Oat Whisky
  • 1 tsp Maple Syrup
  • 1 dash Cinnamon Chocolate Bitters
  • 4 drops Saline Solution (10%)
  • Top with Foam

Foam

  • 2.5 oz Oat Whisky
  • 2 oz Oat Water
  • 0.25 oz Lemon Juice
  • 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
  • 2 Egg Whites

Directions:

For the oat fnfused whisky: 

  1. Place both ingredients in a mason jar and shake well. 
  2. Let sit for 24 hours, shaking periodically before straining through a coffee filter. 

For the foam: 

  1. Add all foam ingredients to an isi. Charge once with an NO2 cartridge, shake, then charge with a second NO2 cartridge and shake again. 
  2. Then place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

For the farmer’s market cocktail: 

  1. Build a cocktail in a glass with a large cube of ice. 
  2. Stir for 10-15 seconds before topping with Oats Foam.