HOW TO MAKE AN OLD FASHIONED

You can’t have a cocktail blog and not mention an Old Fashioned. It is the drink that started all other cocktails. There are plenty of versions of this drink that feature other spirits but today we will be utilizing bourbon whiskey. If you only know how to make one cocktail, this is the one to master.

  • Delicious and simple

  • Spirit forward (Bourbon in this case), bitters, sugar & water

Sips

  • Often times bartenders will create this drink in the low ball glass it’s being served in. This time around we will be creating it in a mixing glass.

  • Higher-proof bourbons hold up well to the dilution and sugar in this drink but use whichever bourbon you enjoy most.

  • Angostura Bitters are the gold-standard and have been around longer than the old-fashioned itself, we highly recommend using it here.

Tips

  1. Begin with a mixing glass.

  2. Cut a small piece of an orange and drop it right in.

  3. Next we will add the sugar, 0.25 oz of rich Demerara syrup

  4. Add four dashes of Angostura bitters

  5. Add 2oz. of Bourbon

  6. On the side, bring in your low-ball or rocks glass and insert a large piece of ice.

  7. In your mixing glass, add some ice and stir for a short period.

  8. Strain off the cocktail from your mixing glass over the large piece of ice in your rocks glass.

  9. Garnish with a zest of orange and a cocktail cherry.

  10. Enjoy, Cheers!

Old Fashioned Recipe

  • 2 oz. (60 ml) Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bourbon

  • 0.25 oz. (7.5 ml) rich Demerara syrup*

  • 4 dashes Angostura bitters

  • 1 small piece of orange Orange

  • Cocktail cherry for garnish

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OLD Fashioned Ingredient List

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