And 80 years later, the name “Old Fashioned” started getting tossed around in bars to describe said cocktail recipe. Yes, even the old-timers of the 1880s considered it to be an old-school drink.

But some cocktail experts, including Chad Perkins and Sara Ahlgrim with whiskeyambitions.com, recommend setting up an Old Fashioned cocktail bar at your party instead. Ahlgrim says setting up a ...