Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Whiskey
  • Served
    On the rocks
  • Standard garnish
    Orange slice or zest, and cocktail cherry
  • Standard drinkware
    Old fashioned glass
  • IBA specified ingredients
    45 ml Bourbon or rye whiskey
    1 sugar cube
    Few dashes angostura bitters
    Few dashes plain water
  • Preparation
    Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitter, add few dashes of plain water.
    Muddle until dissolved.
    Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey.
    Stir gently.
    Garnish with orange slice or zest, and a cocktail cherry.
  • Timing
    Before dinner

The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey, and garnishing with orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry.

It is traditionally served in an old fashioned glass, which predated the cocktail.

References
Old fashioned (cocktail)

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