# Ryan Gosling and the Old-Fashioned
**URL:** https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ryan-gosling-and-the-old-fashioned/297
**Category:** Cocktails and mixed drinks
**Created:** [August 20, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ryan-gosling-and-the-old-fashioned/297 "2020-08-20T22:56:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ryan-gosling-and-the-old-fashioned/297/1 "2020-08-20T22:56:34Z")
This might prove amusing to some out there. A small cocktail mystery solved, involving the Old-Fashioned expertly made by Ryan Gosling’s character in the 2011 film “Crazy Stupid Love.” Anyway, it’s something I wondered about for nearly a decade until I accidentally stumbled upon the answer recently.
> **[The Story Behind Ryan Gosling’s Perfect Old Fashioned in ‘Crazy Stupid Love’](https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/a33625840/crazy-stupid-love-old-fashioned-eric-alperin-book/)**
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> Movies usually screw drinks up beyond recognition. Eric Alperin, co-owner of The Varnish, made sure Gosling didn't.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ryan-gosling-and-the-old-fashioned/297/2 "2020-08-21T16:04:59Z")
It would be interesting to compile a list of examples of credible mixology in television, film, and even literature. Probably would be a short list.
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### Author:  [@francois](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/francois)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ryan-gosling-and-the-old-fashioned/297/3 "2020-08-25T08:55:28Z")
I probably have about 300+ instances of cocktails in movies safekept in my Evernote. Define ‘credible mixology’ and I’m happy to collaborate.