Ahhh, the Old Fashioned. About as classic as it gets. It makes sense that it’s what I would do for my first cocktail recipe, plus it goes great with just about anything!
At its heart, the Old Fashioned is 3 ingredients: whiskey, sugar, and bitters. The purists will let me know, I’m sure. But I love it with the orange and cherry, it really brings out the notes of the bourbon (I like making mine with Wild Turkey 101). I shake it when making anything with citrus, and it gives the cocktail a little air. There are tons of ways to make this cocktail your own, and the right way to way to drink whiskey is the way you like to drink it! Cheers!
Kevin's Old Fashioned
Equipment
- 1 cocktail shaker
- 1 muddler
- 1 lowball glass
Ingredients
- 3 oz Bourbon Whiskey
- .5 oz Simple syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 2 Maraschino cherries
- 1 slice orange
- 1 large cube Ice
Instructions
- Peel orange slice, remove pith. Set orange peel aside.
- In shaking tin, muddle orange wedge. Add ice, 1 cherry, whiskey, simple syrup, and bitters.
- Add large ice cube to lowball glass. Shake and strain. Express the orange swath oils, garnish with orange peel and cherry.