10 classic Mad Men-era cocktails Old fashioned Many years before juice-laden monstrosities like the woo woo dominated cocktail menus, there were gloriously simple drinks like the old fashioned - a potent mix of whiskey, bitters and sugar, usually served with nothing more than a strip of orange or lemon peel. This masculine number is Mad Men protagonist Don Draper's drink of choice, and he's something of an expert on making them. In series three, he jumps over an untended bar to whip one up for hotel baron Conrad Hilton.