Old Fashioned
The Quirky Foodster Team
Ingredients
- Bourbon or rye whiskey — 60 ml (2 oz)
- Cube Sugar cube, or simple syrup, or 10 ml (1 cube, or 1 tsp) — 1
- Angostura bitters — 2-3 dashes
- Water — 5 ml (1 tsp)
Method
- Place the sugar cube in the glass and saturate with the bitters and water.
- Muddle until the sugar dissolves into a paste.
- Add the whiskey and a large ice cube, and stir until well chilled.
- Express the orange peel over the drink and drop it in, adding a cherry if using.
Description: The Old Fashioned is the cocktail from which the very word "cocktail" gets its original definition: spirit, sugar, water, bitters.
Cultural Background: First described in print in the 1880s, the drink was popularised at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky, and its name reflects a 20th-century push to return to the "old fashioned way" of making a whiskey cocktail after decades of ever-fancier additions.
Tips: Use one large ice cube rather than several small ones to keep dilution slow and controlled.
Variations: Swap bourbon for rye for a spicier, drier version, or use a smoked sugar cube for a campfire note.
Serving Suggestion: Serve as a slow, contemplative sipper — not a drink to rush.
Nutrition: Approx. 165 kcal per serving
FAQs:
Q: Bourbon or rye?
A: Either is traditional; bourbon is rounder and sweeter, rye is spicier and drier.
Q: Can I make it in batch?
A: Yes — multiply the whiskey, sugar and bitters and store chilled, adding ice only at serving.
- Bourbon or rye whiskey — 60 ml (2 oz)
- Cube Sugar cube, or simple syrup, or 10 ml (1 cube, or 1 tsp) — 1
- Angostura bitters — 2-3 dashes
- Water — 5 ml (1 tsp)
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