The Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail
The heavyweight champ of cocktails, the Old Fashioned is a winner all year 'round. It's a Madmen favorite and you'll like it, too.
Ingredients
- 2-3 sugar cubes
- 3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
- 2 orange peels
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 1 dash purified water
- 1 cocktail cherry
Instructions
- Put sugar cubes in your mixing glass.
- Add 3 or 4 dashes of bitters - you want to saturate your sugar cubes.
- Add a dash of cold water.
- Peel a little orange peel off and add that to the bottom of the glass. Keep it separate from the piece you want to use as garnish.
- With your muddler, crush the sugar cubes and grind them up.
- Put large block of ice into your rocks glass
- Pour in the sugar water mix.
- Pour in the bourbon.
- Last, add a bit of orange peel and a cherry for garnish. But you should express the orange peel into the glass first. Do this by twisting it until you see a little of the essence spray from the peel. Then slide the orange peel and cherry onto a drink pick, and you're ready to enjoy!
Notes
You can use craft sugar cubes to give the drink different flavors
Have fun with different bitters flavors like orange and black walnut.
If you're in a hurry, by all means reach for the simple syrup rather than crushing the sugar cubes.
You can use Rye rather than Bourbon to make a spicier cocktail with a harder bite.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 3mgPotassium: 38mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 83IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg
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