[The Fancy Free is a simple, classic cocktail](https://www.masterclass.com/classes/lynnette-marrero-and-ryan-chetiyawardana-teach-mixology/chapters/intimate-classics-the-old-fashioned) made with bourbon, maraschino liqueur, and bitters. It is most often served in a rocks glass and garnished with a citrus peel or a maraschino cherry. 


How to Make a Fancy Free Cocktail: Fancy Free Recipe

The Fancy Free is a great example of what became known during nineteenth-century America as an “improved cocktail.” As bar patrons grew tired and unimpressed by mixologists embracing European liqueurs like maraschino and Curaçao, many still wanted something that evoked the original whiskey cocktail, made the “old-fashioned” way. The Fancy Free adheres to the simplicity of the Old Fashioned cocktail but replaces sugar or simple syrup with a dash of maraschino cherry liqueur, giving the cocktail a hint of earthiness. 

[The Fancy Free is a simple, classic cocktail](https://www.masterclass.com/classes/lynnette-marrero-and-ryan-chetiyawardana-teach-mixology/chapters/intimate-classics-the-old-fashioned) made with bourbon, maraschino liqueur, and bitters. It is most often served in a rocks glass and garnished with a citrus peel or a maraschino cherry. 


<p class="mc-mb-6">The Fancy Free is a great example of what became known during nineteenth-century America as an “improved cocktail.” As bar patrons grew tired and unimpressed by mixologists embracing European liqueurs like maraschino and Curaçao, many still wanted something that evoked the original whiskey cocktail, made the “old-fashioned” way. The Fancy Free adheres to the simplicity of the Old Fashioned cocktail but replaces sugar or simple syrup with a dash of maraschino cherry liqueur, giving the cocktail a hint of earthiness. </p>

History of the Fancy Free Cocktail

Fancy Free Cocktail Recipe

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The Fancy Free is a simple, classic cocktail (https://www.masterclass.com/classes/lynnette-marrero-and-ryan-chetiyawardana-teach-mixology/chapters/intimate-classics-the-old-fashioned) made with bourbon, maraschino liqueur, and bitters. It is most often served in a rocks glass and garnished with a citrus peel or a maraschino cherry. 
