Old Fashioned
The definition of a cocktail: spirit, sugar, water, and bitters. A timeless whiskey classic.
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Ingredients
- Bourbon2 oz (60 ml)
- Simple Syrup0.25 oz (7.5 ml)
- Angostura Bitters2 dashes
- Orange Peel1
How to make it
- Muddle sugar cube with bitters and a splash of water.
- Add whiskey and stir with ice.
- Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
- Express orange peel.
Glass: Rocks
May contain: Gluten. Always check your own bottles.
History
The Old Fashioned is the original template that gave the cocktail its name: spirit, sugar, water and bitters. As bartenders added ever more elaborate ingredients through the 19th century, traditionalists asked for their drink made 'the old-fashioned way,' and by the 1880s the name had stuck — with the Pendennis Club in Louisville often cited as its home.
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