There are many stories about the origins of the Old Fashioned. The drink is the natural evolution of the classic cocktail’s composition of sugar, bitters, ice, and a base spirit. The drink fits this formula, but the story has one more twist. In the era when drinks moved beyond the classic cocktail, and “fancy” and “improved” variants became the norm, some people still longed for the original preparations of their whiskey cocktails; so, they ordered them “old fashioned.”

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Old Fashioned

Servings

Drink MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Whiskey
• 1 White Sugar Cube
• 5 dashes Angostura
• 1 twist Orange

Servings Drink MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 2 oz. Whiskey 1 White Sugar Cube 5 dashes Angostura 1 twist Orange

Instructions

1. Muddle sugar in a mixing glass.
2. Add remaining ingredients and ice. Stir.
3. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over chunked ice.
4. Garnish with Lemon Twist / Orange Twist to taste.