The Lewis Old Fashioned Recipe

Chill glass

Place a large ice cube into the old fashioned glass to chill it, or keep the glass in the freezer for a few minutes. If pre-chilling with ice, remove the cube before pouring the finished drink and replace with a fresh large cube at the end.

Measure and ready all ingredients: rye whiskey, demerara syrup, angostura bitters, orange bitters, and maraschino liqueur. Have bar tools at hand.

Combine ingredients

In a mixing glass add 0.5 oz demerara syrup, 3 dashes angostura bitters, 1 dash orange bitters, and 0.25 oz maraschino liqueur.

Add whiskey and ice

Pour 2 oz rye whiskey into the mixing glass, then fill the mixing glass with ice (enough to come near the top).

Stir to chill and dilute

Using a bar spoon, stir the mixture for 20–30 seconds (about 20–30 rotations) until well chilled and slightly diluted. The drink should feel cold to the touch and the mixing glass should have a light frost.

Strain

Discard the chilling ice from the old fashioned glass if used. Using a strainer, strain the stirred cocktail over a fresh large ice cube in the old fashioned glass.

Express orange oil

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

Garnish

Drop the expressed orange peel into the glass. Optionally add one Luxardo cherry on a pick or dropped into the drink.

Serve immediately and provide a short straw or no straw so the drink is sipped slowly.