The Old Fashioned is one of the oldest cocktails: a spirit, a little sugar, a few dashes of bitters and water, brought by the ice. Making it in a mixing glass gives you precise control over dilution.
Ingredients
- 60 ml bourbon or rye whiskey
- 10 ml sugar syrup
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
- An orange twist
- Ice cubes, including a large one for serving
Method
- Pour the sugar syrup, the bitters and then the whiskey into the mixing glass, measuring with the jigger.
- Add ice and stir with the bar spoon for about thirty seconds.
- Strain over a large ice cube in a rocks glass.
- Express the orange twist over the glass and drop it into the cocktail.
The bartender’s tip
Taste before straining: if the first sip is too strong, stir a few seconds more. Dilution is part of the recipe.
Please drink responsibly. Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health.
