Monday Zero Alcohol Whiskey Old Fashioned

The Old Fashioned is one of the oldest codified cocktails in American bartending — whiskey, bitters, sugar, and an orange peel, stirred long and cold, served over one large ice cube. It is also one of the most demanding tests for a non-alcoholic spirit, because the cocktail has nowhere to hide: there is no acid, no carbonation, no juice, and no herb to distract from the quality of the base spirit. Monday Zero Alcohol Whiskey passes that test more convincingly than any other NA whiskey on the market. The recipe is faithful to the original: 2 oz of Monday Zero Alcohol Whiskey, 2 to 3 dashes of non-alcoholic aromatic bitters, and a bar spoon of pure maple syrup or demerara simple syrup, stirred vigorously in a mixing glass for 30-plus seconds until the syrup fully dissolves and the liquid is properly chilled, then poured over a single large ice cube in a rocks glass and finished with a long, wide strip of expressed orange peel. The expression of the peel — rubbing its oils along the rim of the glass and across the surface of the drink — is not decorative. The citrus oils chemically shift the aromatics of the drink, adding brightness and pulling the spirit's warm brown-sugar character forward. Monday Zero Alcohol Whiskey's flavor architecture is built on natural spring water, monk fruit extract, citric acid, and natural flavors engineered to deliver butterscotch, raisin, and toasted brown sugar on the nose, roasted coffee, rich caramel, and warm molasses on the palate, and a long, spicy finish with a hint of orange. There is genuine heat on the finish — a physical warmth attributed to the natural flavor compounds rather than alcohol — that makes the drink feel spirit-forward in a way most NA alternatives do not. Monday retails at approximately $40 per 750mL bottle, with zero calories, zero carbohydrates, zero sugar, and zero alcohol. It is available at Total Wine, select Whole Foods locations, and direct from drinkmonday.co. At bars in New York and Los Angeles that stock Monday, this cocktail typically prices at $14 to $16.