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K14 · Creative Western

Brown Butter Old Fashioned

褐化黄油古典

Brown butter, toffee, orange. A technique-led signature that gives vodka the depth of a brown-spirit Old Fashioned.

Glass: Rocks 300 ml
Ice: large clear cube
Method: Stir
Garnish: Orange peel
Looks like: pale gold, crystal clear
Volume: ≈86 ml
Strength: ●●●●● 28.5%
Time: 60 s
Allergens: milk

What goes in the glass

60 ml

Brown-Butter Fat-Washed Kartoff Vodka

House prep P01, technique: Fat wash. Made ahead so service is fast and consistent; see the prep steps.

7.5 ml

Rich Demerara Syrup 2:1

House prep P06, technique: Hot-process syrup. Made ahead so service is fast and consistent; see the prep steps.

0.8 ml

Angostura bitters (1 dash = 0.4 ml)

Spice seasoning; ties sweet and strong together.

0.4 ml

Orange bitters (1 dash = 0.4 ml)

Lifts citrus aromatics in stirred drinks.

How to make it

Step 1
Measure with a jigger into the mixing glass, smallest amounts first: Orange bitters (1 dash = 0.4 ml) 0.4 ml; Angostura bitters (1 dash = 0.4 ml) 0.8 ml; Rich Demerara Syrup 2:1 7.5 ml; Brown-Butter Fat-Washed Kartoff Vodka 60 ml.
Step 2
Fill the mixing glass with ice and stir smoothly for 20–25 seconds until the outside is very cold.
Step 3
Place one large clear cube in the rocks glass.
Step 4
Strain into the glass over the fresh ice.
Step 5
Garnish: Orange peel.
Step 6
Check: correct glass, clean rim, cold (or hot) to touch. Serve within 30 seconds.

What to prepare, and how

This drink uses a house preparation. The method stays with the trade desk.

Why this drink

A technique-led signature that gives vodka the depth of a brown-spirit Old Fashioned.

Technique：P01: Fat wash; P06: Hot-process syrup

Substitution：If no fat wash time: plain Kartoff Vodka, less depth.

Story

The Distiller browns butter in a pan, the way farmhouse cooks finish potatoes, and washes his vodka with it. The fat is frozen off and the vodka keeps a toffee, nutty roundness under orange peel.

He walks the potato fields of the Marchfeld plain outside Vienna and only signs off a batch when it tastes soft and clean. In real life Horvath's in Deutsch-Wagram blends Kartoff from potato spirit made by partner distillers, mainly from local Hermes potatoes.