While you could default to wine, rolling up with a batch of old-fashioned cocktails in one big bottle is the ultimate path to party hero status. What is a batch old-fashioned? A batch old-fashioned is simply the classic cocktail mixed ahead of time in a big bottle. Originally known as the Whiskey Cocktail—because, well, at one point it was actually new-fashioned—the old-fashioned is one of America’s oldest cocktails. Batch Old-Fashioned Recipe