Old Fashioned
The original cocktail, unchanged since the 1800s. Bourbon, bitters, sugar, and an expressed orange peel. No bells, no whistles, just whiskey perfection in its purest form.
- 2 ozbourbon
- 1 piecesugar cube
- 2 dashangostura bitters
- 3 dashwater
- orange peel and cherrygarnish
- 1Place sugar cube in a rocks glass and saturate with bitters and a splash of water.
- 2Muddle gently until sugar dissolves.
- 3Add a large ice cube to the glass.
- 4Pour bourbon over the ice and stir gently for about 10 seconds.
- 5Express the oil from an orange peel over the drink and drop it in.
- 6Add a cocktail cherry if desired.
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The Old Fashioned emerged in the 1880s when drinkers began requesting cocktails made the old fashioned way. It became a symbol of classic American bartending.
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