The Old Fashioned Cocktail Switch You Didn’t Know You Were Missing

There is a certain kind of guy who will tell you the Old Fashioned is sacred ground. Whiskey only. No substitutions. He usually says this while holding a drink he ordered because Don Draper ordered it first.
We used to be that guy. Then we made one with 1800 Añejo instead of bourbon, and suddenly the Old Fashioned had a whole new dimension we hadn't considered.
Same language, different accent
The Old Fashioned is not really a whiskey drink. It's a spirit-forward drink that happens to hav