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Cocktail· Bourbon

Old Fashioned

The Old Fashioned is a whiskey cocktail made with bourbon or rye, demerara syrup, and Angostura bitters. It is stirred with ice, strained into a rocks glass over a single large ice cube, and finished with an expressed orange peel.

5 min EasyRocksStirred

Ingredients

The Stirred Set

Built for stirred drinks

The Stirred Set

Mixing Glass · Bar Spoon · Strainer · Jigger

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Method

  1. Add bourbon, demerara syrup, and Angostura bitters to a mixing glass.
  2. Fill the mixing glass with ice and stir for 20 to 30 seconds.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  4. Express the orange peel oils over the glass and drop the peel in.

Pro tip

Use one large ice cube, not crushed. Surface area is your enemy.

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