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Best Baraboo Area Old Fashioned

Best Baraboo Area Old Fashioned, whether you take your sweet, sour, or press. The Old Fashioned is a fall tradition in Wisconsin. The traditional Wisconsin Old Fashioned is Brandy, muddled with Sugar, Bitters, cherry, and orange, and topped with 7-up, usually served on the side of a Friday Night Fish Fry, another Wisconsin Tradition. 

This Old Fashioned Standard has so many variations to meet everyone’s tastes. 

Mix
  • Sweet | Lemon Lime Soda
  • Sour | Squirt or another Sour mix
  • Press | Lemon- Lime Soda & Soda Water
Booze of your Choice
  • Brandy
  • Whiskey
Garnish
  • Orange Wedge and Maraschino Cherry – Standard
  • Green Olives
  • Pickled Mushrooms
  • Blackberries or other various fruits
  • Popular Old Fashioned Southern Comfort and Sour garnished with Green Olives. 

A wise man once told me, “Never have more than 3 Old Fashioneds”… So True!

Best Baraboo Old Fashioneds

Baraboo Country Club

Hand muddled with the sweetest maraschino cherries.

Tumbled Rock Brewery

Come for the outdoor bar and fire pits. Stay for the classic Old Fashioneds.

Quindt’s Town Lounge

Classic muddled old Fashioned with the best bar popcorn in town. Go Early!

Downtowner Bar & Grill

Friday nights are the best in a local Tavern with a Traditional Old Fashioned.

Thunderbird Lanes

Welcome to Baraboo’s one and only bowling alley. Air hockey and pool tables are available for you to partner up and compete, plus our bar is surrounded by multiple TV’s to watch your favorite game while you have an Old Fashioned.

Driftless Glenn Distillery

Driftless Glen has quickly become a local hot spot for a night of great Old Fashioneds. Locally Produced Spirits and the most delicious Cherries. They have several recipes, but one of their best is the Maple Old Fashioned. Topped with Sweet Garnish: 1 Orange & 1 Cherry & a Piece of Bacon

Del Bar

Fields Steak House 

The Perfect Friday night cocktail, a nice long pour of your booze of choice. Self-imposed limit 2! Happy hour appetizers are available from 4pm – 6pm, Sunday – Thursday in the bar and lounge.  All drinks are 25% off.

Ishnala

Wollersheim Winery & Distillery

Their version of the Pre-Prohibition Old Fashioned features delicate and floral Coquard Brandy with a rich cinnamon simple syrup and two varieties of bitters.​ Rich Brown Sugar Syrup adds the sweetest touch.

Cimaroli’s Supper Club

Home of the $3.00 Old Fashion and flat iron steaks!

tumbled rock

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