The Everyday Old Fashioned Cocktail
This Southern Cocktail is the Granddaddy of all cocktails - the drink the name "cocktail" was created for - and still one of the best.
Yield: 1
Materials
- 2 ounces Bourbon
- 1/2 to 1 ounce Simple Syrup Adjust to your personal preference, to fit the whiskey or to fit your mood that day (See below for a link to the 'simple' recipe)
- 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 2 dashes Orange Bitters
- 1 dash Cherry Bitters
- Orange Peel to garnish
- Cherry to garnish (Please use good cherries. See below.)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients, except garnishes, to an old fashioned glass. Stir.
- Add ice. Stir.
- Twist orange peel over glass. Drop into glass.
- Add cherry.
- Serve.