You don’t get much more Wisconsin than an Old Fashioned. An Old Fashioned made with Brandy (versus the seemingly more popular Whiskey variation). Admittedly I hadn’t sipped an Old Fashioned until I had lived in Wisconsin for a year or so, but once I had one I truly understood the state’s infatuation. It seems like each establishment has their own “secret recipe” for the traditional drink, here’s how we do it at our house:

INGREDIENTS

Lowball glass full of crushed ice or 1 Ice Sphere
Muddler
2 oz Brandy
1 tbsp Turbinado Sugar
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
2 Orange Wedges
2 Bing Cherries
Lemon Lime Soda (sprite, 7 up or similar. We make ours using our Soda Stream)

DIRECTIONS

Add 1 orange wedge, 1 cherry, sugar, and bitters to bottom of lowball glass and muddle. Top with crushed ice (or ice sphere). Poor 2 oz. Brandy over ice, top with a splash of soda and garnish with cherries and oranges.