Old Fashioned Recipe
Classic cocktail with bourbon, bitters, and sugar.
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Ingredients
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Cocktail Ingredients
Method
Preparing the Cocktail
- 1
Muddle the Sugar
Place the sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass. Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters on top of the sugar. Use a muddler or the back of a spoon to crush the sugar cube until it dissolves slightly with the bitters.
- 2
- 3
Add Ice
Add 3 ice cubes to the glass. Stir gently to combine the ingredients without too much dilution.
- 4
Garnish
Express the oils from the orange peel over the drink by holding it over the glass and gently twisting it. Then place the orange peel strip into the drink. Finally, add a maraschino cherry on top for garnish.