Call Me Old Fashioned Recipe
Bourbon, turbinado sugar, bitters, and a cherry.
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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Method
Cocktail
Dissolve sugar
Place the turbinado sugar in an Old Fashioned (rocks) glass. Add the teaspoon of water and three dashes of Angostura bitters directly onto the sugar. Use a muddler or the back of a bar spoon to press and grind the sugar until it is mostly dissolved and forms a thick, aromatic paste on the bottom of the glass.
Add ice and finish
Add a single large ice cube (or 2–3 large ice chunks) to the glass. Stir gently for another 10–15 seconds to properly chill and dilute the cocktail (about 15–20 total seconds of stirring).
Garnish and serve
Express the oil from the orange peel: hold the peel over the glass with the colored side facing down and give it a firm twist to spray the oils onto the surface of the drink, then rub the peel around the rim and drop it into the glass. Place one Luxardo or maraschino cherry on a pick and rest it in the drink (or drop it in). Serve immediately.