BA's Best Old-Fashioned

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Originally called the “Whiskey Cocktail” this cocktail is one of the oldest around—and it never goes out of style. A great old-fashioned recipe is all about simplicity, ingredients, and technique. Start with the sugar, bitters (orange, if you please), and use warm water and plenty of stirring to help dissolve the sugar before adding ice. Opt for large ice cubes , so they won’t melt quickly and overly dilute the drink. Though we prefer rye whiskey here thanks to its peppery, spicy bite, if you like a slightly sweeter, caramel flavor, use bourbon. Whichever spirit moves you, make sure to stir the drink for 20 seconds to fully incorporate the ingredients and chill it thoroughly.

Editor’s note : This recipe was originally published December 8, 2016.

Ingredients

Makes 1

1

teaspoon raw or granulated sugar

3

dashes bitters

2

ounces rye whiskey
Orange wedge (for serving)
Maraschino cherry (for serving; optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Stir sugar, bitters, and 2 tsp. warm water in a rocks glass until most of the sugar is dissolved.

Step 2

Add 3 ice cubes and pour rye over. Stir 20 seconds to chill cocktail and dilute whiskey. Garnish with orange wedge and cherry, if using.

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  • A wedge!? The whole point of an old fashioned is to blunt the whiskey and accentuate its flavor notes. An expressed peel is perfectly suited to do just that, I would only use a wedge if the whiskey was really low quality. Should really suggest types of rye whiskey as well, especially with Canadian rye becoming popular anyone reading this recipe would assume that would be fine as well without realizing how incredibly different Canadian rye taste to American rye

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