Old Fashioned Recipe
Classic cocktail with bourbon, bitters, and sugar.
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Ingredients
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Main Ingredients
Method
Preparation
- 1
Chill the Glass
Begin by chilling an Old Fashioned glass (or rocks glass) by filling it with ice water and letting it sit while you prepare the cocktail.
- 2
Mix Ingredients
In a mixing glass, add the simple syrup and the Angostura bitters. Stir these together to combine.
- 3
Add Bourbon
Pour in the bourbon and fill the mixing glass with ice. Stir gently for about 30 seconds, until well chilled.
- 4
- 5
Garnish
Express the oils from the orange peel over the drink by holding it over the glass and giving it a twist. Then place the peel into the drink as a garnish.