Jimmy’s Old Fashioned Recipe

Prepare Cocktail

1. 1

   Muddle sugar and bitters

   Place the sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass (lowball). Add the 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 2 dashes orange bitters, and about 1 teaspoon of water. Use a muddler or the back of a bar spoon to crush and dissolve the sugar until it forms a paste with the bitters.

2. 2

   Add bourbon and stir

   Pour 2 oz Buffalo Trace bourbon into the glass over the sugar mixture. Add one large ice cube (or several large cubes). Stir gently but thoroughly for 20–30 seconds until the drink is well chilled and slightly diluted (glass chills and some sugar fully integrates).

3. 3

   Express orange oil and garnish

   Take the orange peel and hold it over the glass, skin side down. Give it a firm twist to express the oils over the surface of the drink, then rub the peel around the rim of the glass and drop it into the cocktail as garnish.

4. 4

   Serve: Present the cocktail with the large ice cube, serve immediately. Optionally provide a short stirrer/stirring spoon so the guest can re-stir as the ice melts.