Old Fashioned Recipe

One of two glasses of old fashioned cocktails beside a cutting board with orange peels and sugar cubes.

This classic Old Fashioned cocktail recipe is great to have on hand for entertaining! Simple, bold, and a hit every time.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings serving

Calories 194kcal

Author John Kanell

Equipment

Mixing glass
Stirring spoon
Rocks glass

Ingredients

4 dashes Angostura bitters
1 teaspoon demerara sugar
2¼ ounces bourbon (67ml)
1 orange peel
Cherry optional

Instructions

In a mixing glass, combine the bitters, sugar and 1 teaspoon of water. Stir well to dissolve the sugar.
Add the ice and bourbon and stir well to chill.
Strain into a rocks glass over one large, single ice cube.
Twist an orange peel over top the glass to express the citrus oils, then drop it into the glass. Add a cherry to garnish, if desired.

Video

Notes

I recommend using a Y peeler or vegetable peeler for a large strip of zest. This will easily cut off a wide strip that is thin and without the white pith.

Nutrition

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