Brandy Old Fashioned Recipe
Brandy, Bitters, Muddled Cherry, Orange, Sugar Cube
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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Method
Cocktail
- 1
Prepare glass and muddle
Place the sugar cube in an old-fashioned (rocks) glass. Saturate the sugar cube with 3 dashes of Angostura bitters. Add 1 teaspoon of club soda (or cold water) to help dissolve the sugar. Place the maraschino cherry and the orange slice (with peel) on top of the sugar cube. Using a muddler, gently press and twist to crush the sugar cube and release the cherry juices and orange oils — do not over-muddle into a puree; you want a broken-up sugar/cherry/orange mix.
- 2
- 3
Stir and finish
Gently stir the cocktail 10–15 seconds to chill, dilute slightly, and further dissolve the sugar. Taste and if you prefer it sweeter, stir in a little more club soda or a small pinch of granulated sugar and stir until dissolved.
- 4
Garnish and serve
Express the oils of an orange twist over the glass by holding the peel skin-side down and pinching it, then run the twist around the rim and drop it into the drink. Add one maraschino cherry on a cocktail pick or drop it into the glass. Serve immediately.