Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces (about 60mls) bourbon or rye
• 1 teaspoon fine sugar (or sugar syrup)
• 2-3 dashes of bitters (we recommend Angostura or Peychaud’s)

Garnish:

• Orange or lemon twist or a cherry

Method 1:

• Place the sugar directly into an Old Fashioned glass
• Douse with bitters and add a few drops of water
• Stir until the sugar in dissolved
• Add the whiskey and stir again
• Add 1 or 2 ice cubes
• Stir again to chill
• Garnish if desired

Method 2:

• Put 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of water (or 2 teaspoons of sugar syrup) and bitters into a mixing glass and stir to dissolve the sugar
• Add whiskey and stir again
• Add ice
• Stir until the contents thoroughly until the outside of the glass is very cold to the touch
• Strain the contents into an Old Fashioned glass with 1 large ice cube
• Garnish with an orange or lemon twist