Old Fashioned
by: Kate
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Ingredients
- 1 sugar cube
- 5-7 drops bitters
- 3 oz bourbon
- ice
Instructions
- Place one sugar cube in a rocks glass
- Douse with bitters of choice (either 5-7 drops from a dropper, or 2-3 dashes from a shaker-style bottle)
- Hold the glass with one hand and solidly tap the sugar cube with the muddler until it breaks. Continue to muddle with a push-twist movement until very mashed
- Add 3 oz bourbon and stir, stir, stir until sugar begins to dissolve
- Add ice cubes to ⅓ full and stir, stir, stir
- Add ice cubes to ⅔ full and stir, stir, stir
- Fill glass with ice and stir until the glass frosts
- Garnish with an orange peel, rubbing the outside of the peel around the rim of the glass and twist over the top of the cocktail before placing in glass
- Enjoy!