Today, bottles of Gary's Old Fashioned mix can be found on the shelves of 500 stores across the state, and on Amazon Prime, where it's shipped to 49 states and even to Spain.

A Wisconsin old fashioned is made either sweet (with lemon-lime soda like Sprite or 7Up) or sour (with the bar's sour mix or a citrus-forward soda like Squirt).

Order an old fashioned most places in the country, and you're probably going to get a pretty simple drink: whiskey with bitters and sugar. But order an old fashioned in Wisconsin and you'll get ...

CHANG: Well, recently, Wisconsin lawmakers voted on a resolution declaring the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail. I didn't know there was such a thing. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon. Now, state lawmakers want to make it somewhat official. ... sour mix, club soda, or some combination.

Because in Wisconsin, a brandy old-fashioned is the way of the land. “A Wisconsin old-fashioned is sweet and easy,” says JC Cunningham, owner of cocktail bar PufferFish in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis. — In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon. Now, state lawmakers are making it somewhat official.

Today, 124 years after Wisconsin realized that Korbel was pretty great and soda made the drink more delicious, the old fashioned is still the center of the universe for Wisconsin. You can get a ...

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“A Wisconsin old-fashioned is sweet and easy,” says JC Cunningham, owner of cocktail bar PufferFish in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... 48 Ways to Mix Up Your Martini. By Amiel Stanek. Culture.