Old Fashioned cocktail recipe
Whiskey cocktail, built and served on the rocks. An IBA official cocktail (The Unforgettables).
Ingredients
- 1½ oz (45 ml) Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
- 1 Sugar Cube
- few dashes Angostura Bitters
- few dashes Plain Water
Method
- Put the sugar cube in an old fashioned glass and soak it with bitters, then add a few dashes of water.
- Muddle until the sugar dissolves.
- Fill with ice, add the whiskey and stir gently.
Glass: Old fashioned glass · Garnish: Orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry.
Strength, calories and size
Estimates for one serving: a strong drink for a cocktail. They depend on your brands, how you measure, and how long you shake or stir. How we work this out.
About the Old Fashioned
The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey or sometimes brandy, and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. It is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass.
From Wikipedia, "Old fashioned (cocktail)", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Source: IBA official recipe for the Old Fashioned. Instructions on this page are written in our own words. Amounts are the IBA's, shown in ounces at 30 ml per ounce.
Recipes: IBA Official Cocktails, rewritten in our own words. Strength and calories are estimates (how we work them out). Drink responsibly.