The Perfect Old Fashioned—Barcelona’s Reference Point (and Our Signature Menu)

Hidden just off Passeig de Gràcia, We’ve spent more than a decade in Barcelona shaping what guests call the perfect old fashioned. With one of Spain’s largest bourbon & rye selections—well over a hundred bottles, including the Pappy Van Winkle family. People don’t come to us for tricks; they come for a discipline-first Old Fashioned and for a menu that proves how far a classic can travel without losing its soul.

“We do classic cocktails; just pick your favorite brand.”“Listen to your bartender.”Hospitality as compass. Precision as craft.

Why Barcelona looks to us for “the perfect old fashioned”

• Depth of choice that meets your palate: vanilla-caramel comfort or spiced rye lift.

• Clarity over spectacle: controlled dilution, clean aromatics, minimal garnish.

• Creative rigor: we honor the template—spirit + sugar + bitters + dilution + citrus oils—and then compose around it.

  
  

Our Old Fashioned Craft—Signature Serves (Aspirational Edition)

Each serve keeps the chassis pure and dials flavor with couture-level detail. Tell us your mood; we’ll match the spirit, the bitters architecture, and the ice to land a long, elegant finish.

Waka Waka Old Fashioned

Build: Evan Williams Bourbon · chamomile-infused vodka · house African Sunset liqueur · orange bittersExperience: A sun-lit glide. Chamomile lifts the bourbon’s caramel into a featherweight bloom; orange bitters sketch a bright horizon. Think golden hour in a glass.

Queen Elizabeth Old Fashioned

Build: Evan Williams black-tea & caramel infusion · Luxardo orange liqueur · Aqua di Cedro · lemon bittersExperience: Afternoon-tea poise. Silky, citric, impeccably tailored—the kind of Old Fashioned that speaks softly and leaves the room perfumed.

BBQ Old Fashioned

Build: Evan Williams BBQ-infused · aromatic bitters · crisp baconExperience: Smoke drawn with a calligrapher’s line. Sweet embers, disciplined power, a savory whisper from the garnish—never loud, always unforgettable.

Porcini Old Fashioned

Build: Evan Williams · porcini liqueur · rhubarb bitters · white-truffle chocolate bonbonExperience: Forest couture. Earthy umami anchors the whiskey while rhubarb sketches a bitter-vermilion arc; truffle chocolate signs the finish with velvet.

The Barone

Build: Santa Teresa 1796 · Evan Williams Bourbon · chamomile liqueur · honey syrup · aromatic bittersExperience: Silk with a spine. Honey rounds the edges; chamomile hums in the background. A gateway for newcomers, a quiet indulgence for purists.

La Cereza Viola

Build: Mezcal · Evan Williams Bourbon · maraschino cherry syrup · Giffard cherry · lemon & cherry bittersExperience: Smoke meets crimson. Cherry drapes the mezcal in satin; the finish is long, precise, and serenely modern.

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Fire & Foggy in New Orleans — SAZERAC

Build: Michter’s Rye · coconut liqueur · absinthe · Peychaud’s · fire & smokeExperience: A curtain of anise and rye precision; drama at the rim, restraint in the core.

Tiramisu Old Fashioned

Build: Santa Teresa 1796 coffee-infused · Chocolate & Orange Bitters · Evan Williams Bourbon · tiramisu foamExperience: Dessert reimagined: aromatics on top, clean spirit line below—decadence with posture.

Electric Old Fashioned

Build: Dewar’s Mizunara · Gardeum Floral PunchExperience: Petals and precision. A luminous, modern read on the archetype.

AL CAPONE

Build: Michter’s Rye · Not Another Vermouth Rosso · Montenegro · orange & rhubarb bittersExperience: Razor-pressed and urbane—rye dryness, Italian amplitude, a finish that buttons the jacket.

What “perfect” means at our bar

• Your spirit, your profile: bourbon for warmth, rye for a taut, spiced line.

• Sweetness under control, always tuned to the moment.

• Bitters as architecture, never as perfume bombs.

• One large clear cube whenever possible—texture, clarity, longevity.

• Citrus oils over garnish—elegance over ornament.

  
  

Since 2012, we’ve poured Barcelona’s benchmark for the Old Fashioned—and one of Europe’s most compelling bourbon & rye selections. For deeper dives, book a private tasting or masterclass; we’ll open the backbar and its history.