Ingredients

  • 2 ozbourbon
  • 1 piecesugar cube
  • 2 dashangostura bitters
  • 3 dashwater
  • 🍋orange peel and cherry(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Add a cocktail cherry if desired.
  2. Add a large ice cube to the glass.
  3. Express the oil from an orange peel over the drink and drop it in.
  4. Muddle gently until the sugar dissolves.
  5. Place the sugar cube in a rocks glass and saturate with bitters and water.
  6. Pour the bourbon over the ice and stir gently for about 10 seconds.
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📜 History

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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