Maple Syrup Lends Fall Flavor to the Old Fashioned at Michigan's The Southerner

When it comes to adding balancing sweetness to a Old Fashioned, most people turn to a sugar cube or splash of sweet soda. (As a Wisconsin girl, I like mine with half lemon-lime soda, half seltzer, and brandy as the dark spirit.) But my new favorite way to sweeten the classic cocktail for the fall is with maple syrup. At The Southerner in Saugatuck, Mich.,...