Nothing screams sophisticated cocktail like an Old Fashioned. This is one of my favorite cocktails to drink and it is so incredibly simple. It’s strong, delicious and perfect to sip on. An old fashioned is also a great cocktail to drink when you want to feel strong and confident! This is my old fashioned recipe.
An old fashioned is one of the easiest cocktails to make. It can also change in flavor depending on what ingredients you use. For many cocktails, you can taste the difference between good quality and lesser quality liquor but it doesn’t always drastically change the flavor of the cocktail. An old fashioned cocktail is not one of those drinks. An old fashioned requires decent bourbon or whiskey because it is the main ingredient. You can’t drink this with bottom shelf liquor.
Old Fashioned recipe
Prep time | 5 mins
Cook Time | 5 mins
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 tsp Water
- 2 ounces Bourbon (or rye whiskey, your preference)
- Orange Twist for garnish
- 1 Blueberry
- One large Ice Cube
*This recipe makes 1 cocktail*
Cocktail Directions
- Combine your sugar, bitters and water into a mixing glass and stir until the sugar has dissolved. If you don’t have a mixing glass, no worries! You can mix all of this in your glass.
- Once all of the sugar has dissolved, add your bourbon and mix. Once all ingredients have combined, pour into your glass over a large ice cube.
- Garnish your glass with an orange twist and blueberry. Some people prefer to use a cherry instead of a blueberry. I don’t have a preference either way. Personally, I like the way the blueberry and orange twist look compared to a cherry.
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