Old Fashioned Recipe
A traditional cocktail made with bourbon, sugar, and bitters.
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Ingredients
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Cocktail Ingredients
Method
Cocktail Preparation
- 1
Muddle the Sugar
In an old-fashioned glass, place the sugar cube and add the Angostura bitters. Add 1 tsp of water to help dissolve the sugar. Muddle these ingredients until the sugar is mostly dissolved.
- 2
Add Ice
Fill the glass with ice cubes.
- 3
Pour the Bourbon
Pour 2 oz of bourbon over the ice and stir gently to combine the ingredients.
- 4
Garnish
Twist a piece of orange peel over the drink to release the oils, then drop it into the glass as a garnish.