Old Fashioned Recipe

Dissolve sugar

Place 1 teaspoon demerara sugar in an Old Fashioned (rocks) glass. Add 0.25 oz (about 7–8 ml) warm water to the sugar and stir with a bar spoon until the sugar is fully dissolved, creating a thin syrup. If you prefer, muddle the sugar with the water to speed dissolution.

Add 3 dashes of Angostura bitters to the sugar syrup in the glass. Pour in 2 oz Elijah Craig bourbon.

Add one large ice cube (or fill the glass with several chilled ice cubes). Stir gently with a bar spoon for 20–30 seconds until the drink is well chilled and slightly diluted — you should see the outside of the glass become cold and a small amount of dilution on the spoon.

Express the orange peel over the drink: hold the peel with the skin side down above the glass and give it a sharp twist to release the oils, then run the peel around the rim and drop it into the drink.

Add one Luxardo cherry (or maraschino) to the glass. Serve immediately with a short stirring spoon or a single straw if desired.