Classic Old-Fashioned Cocktail
This classic old-fashioned cocktail recipe, made of sugar, water, whiskey or bourbon, and a splash of bitters, is an American classic.
Ingredients
- 1 sugar cube, (or 1 teaspoon granulated sugar)
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 2 ounces rye whiskey or bourbon
- Ice
- Orange twist, for garnish
Instructions
- Muddle the sugar, bitters, and whiskey or bourbon together in a rocks glass. Add a cube or two of ice and stir. If desired, run the twist round the rim of the glass prior to garnishing.
- Serve pronto.
Notes
Old-Fashioned Today
Nowadays the water is often in the form of ice, so as not to dilute a fine rye whiskey. And bourbon drinkers, it’s permissible to swap that for rye here. Although as those wise boozers over at Esquire once said, “Cheap bourbon’s already sweet enough, and good bourbon doesn’t need any help going down.” Amen to that.) Anyways, the moral of this meandering story is that chances are your grandma was a tougher broad than you may have suspected given the unfortunate sham she was served in a rocks glass. We can only imagine the fury she felt at this counterfeit cocktail but was too ladylike to express. Any other old-fashioned questions? Direct them to our recipe tester, Sheri C, whose old-fashioned-making prowess we bow to—and which you can benefit from when you read what she has to say in her comment beneath the recipe that follows.Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Sodium: 1mg | Sugar: 4g