Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe

Old Fashioned

This classic old fashioned recipe is easy to make with bourbon, bitters and your choice of sweetener.

Prep: 3min

Total: 3min

Yield: 1

Ingredients:

• 1 sugar cube (1 teaspoon granulated white sugar*)
• 1 teaspoon water
• 3 to 4 shakes Angostura bitters
• 2 ounces bourbon
• 1 Luxardo cherry (optional)
• orange peel

Instruction:

1. Add the sugar cube to a lowball glass. Top with the water and bitters, then use a muddler (or the end of a wooden spoon) to combine until the sugar is nearly dissolved.
2. Add the bourbon and a large ice cube. Stir vigorously for 10 seconds or until the liquid is chilled.
3. Add a cocktail cherry or two, if desired. Gently twist the orange peel directly over the glass, in order to express its oil into the cocktail, then add the orange peel as a garnish.
4. Serve. Serve immediately and enjoy. Cheers!

Frontier Old Fashioned

Some people say that the Old Fashioned is one of the first cocktails ever created. It’s a light, refreshing tasting, yet complex combination of Bulleit Bourbon, sugar and bitters.

Ingredients:

• 1.25 oz. Bulleit Bourbon
• 2 bar spoons simple syrup
• 3 dashes Aromatic bitters
• 1 orange peel

Instruction:

1 – Add two bar spoons of simple syrup, three dashes of bitters and Bulleit Bourbon to a large rocks glass. 2 – Add ice. 3 – Stir gently until the level of the ice and liquid equalize. 4 – Zest an orange peel over the glass then add the peel to the drink as a garnish.

Old Fashioned Cocktail