Old Fashioned Recipe
Bourbon, sugar, and bitters.
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Ingredients
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Drink Ingredients
Method
Preparation Steps
- 1
Muddle the Sugar
In an Old Fashioned glass, place the sugar cube and add two dashes of Angostura bitters on top. Muddle them together with a muddler or the back of a spoon until the sugar is mostly dissolved.
- 2
- 3
Add Ice
Add three ice cubes to the glass, allowing them to chill the drink without diluting it too quickly.
- 4
Stir the Drink
Stir the mixture gently with a bar spoon for about 15 seconds to combine the ingredients and chill the drink.
- 5
Garnish
Express the oils from a piece of orange peel over the drink by holding the peel over the glass and giving it a twist. Drop the peel into the drink as a garnish. Optionally, add a maraschino cherry on top for extra flavor and decoration.