American
Old Fashioned
Spirit-forward and restrained: rye or bourbon, just enough sugar to round its edges, aromatic bitters, and deliberate dilution.
1 servings · 5 minutes prep
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 ounces (60 ml) rye whiskey or bourbon
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) rich demerara syrup (2 parts sugar to 1 part water), 2 parts demerara sugar to 1 part water
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters, optional
- 1 broad orange peel
Directions
Method
- Stir whiskey, syrup, and bitters with ice for 20 to 25 seconds.
- Strain over one large fresh cube in a chilled rocks glass. Express and add the orange peel.
