Cranberry old fashioned sangria gives you that old fashioned flavor without the bite. A splash of apple cider and sparkling water helps to make this an easy drinking fall or winter sangria. If you know me and my family, then you know, our cocktail of choice is an old fashioned. We normally enjoy them more in the summertime. We also enjoy them in the great state of Wisconsin. My in-laws make old fashioned’s with brandy, Squirt, and bitters. Sorry if you were picturing some sort of Crazy, Stupid, Love shirtless Ryan Gosling version. Order that version at some fancy city restaurant that has a mixologist on staff. I mean, packing up little sugar cubes in a suitcase for vacation seems sort of crazy, right? My friend April makes a killer supper club old fashioned. It sort of reminds me of what would be served at my fave supper club in Wisconsin, Ishnala. I was craving an old fashioned right around Christmas, the perfect thing to cut that holiday food prep tension. I didn’t want to sit at the bar and whip up cocktail after cocktail though. Then a lightbulb went off in my head! Don’t you think the old fashioned …

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