Sweet Potato Old Fashioned

This recipe from Kursten Berry gives the typical old fashioned, which she considers the “perfect drink,” an earthy, sweet taste by using a sweet potato simple syrup to turn it into a seasonally ready, fall old fashioned. This dresses up the classic beverage, the sweet potato flavor making it a fun, unexpected choice to serve at family Thanksgiving or other gatherings. Berry recommends using the rich and creamy sweet potato syrup from the woman-owed, New Orleans-based company El Guapo. She also uses their barrel-aged vanilla bitters to add warm, baking spice notes.