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Old Fashioned

It may be old fashioned, but this whiskey cocktail remains timeless.
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Servings: 1 Cocktail

Equipment

  • 1 Mixing Glass
  • 1 Muddler
  • 1 Rocks Glass

Ingredients

Classic Old Fashioned

  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Water
  • 5 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • 2 ounces Bourbon
  • 1 twist Orange (garnish)
  • 1 Maraschino Cherry (garnish)

Old Fashioned with Simple Syrup

  • 2 ounces Bourbon
  • 5 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • 1 tsp Simple Syrup
  • 1 twist Orange (garnish)
  • 1 Maraschino Cherry (garnish)

Instructions

Classic Old Fashioned

  • In a mixing glass, add 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of water, and 5 dashes of Angostura Bitters. Muddle and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Add ice to the mixing glass along with 2 ounces of Bourbon.
  • Stir until well chilled.
  • Add one large ice cube to a fresh rocks glass and strain the mixing glass ingredients into the glass.
  • Twist one peel of fresh orange over the glass and then run the twist along the inside of the rocks glass. Drop the orange twist into the glass.
  • Garnish with a Maraschino cherry in the bottom of the glass.

Old Fashioned with Simple Syrup

  • In a Rocks glass, add 1 teaspoon of simple syrup, 5 dashes of Angostura Bitters, and 2 ounces of Bourbon.
  • Stir gently and then add one large ice cube.
  • Twist one peel of fresh orange over the glass and then run the twist along the inside of the rocks glass. Drop the orange twist into the glass.
  • Garnish with a Maraschino cherry in the bottom of the glass.