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Old Fashioned

Name: Old Fashioned
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 2 oz (60 ml) Bourbon or rye whiskey; 1/4 oz (7.5 ml) Simple syrup (1:1) (or 1 sugar cube muddled with a splash of water); 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Whiskey, a little sugar, a couple dashes of bitters. Stirred, not shaken, and the easiest way to feel like you have a bar at home.

Glass: Rocks glass
Tools: Mixing glass or pint glass, Bar spoon or long spoon, Jigger
Garnish: Orange peel, expressed over the glass

Ingredients

2 oz (60 ml) Bourbon or rye whiskey
1/4 oz (7.5 ml) Simple syrup (1:1) (or 1 sugar cube muddled with a splash of water)
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Steps

Add whiskey, simple syrup and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
Stir for about 20 seconds until well chilled.
Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
Squeeze the orange peel over the drink, rub it on the rim and drop it in.

Make it a mocktail: Smoky Tea Old Fashioned

Swap the whiskey for 2 oz (60 ml) strong-brewed, cooled black tea (lapsang souchong if you have it) and use non-alcoholic bitters, since regular Angostura contains alcohol. Keep the syrup and orange peel.

Batch for two

For two: 4 oz (120 ml) whiskey, 1/2 oz (15 ml) syrup, 4 dashes bitters. Stir in one mixing glass and split between two glasses.

Pair it with an at-home date

Grimey's record night

A slow-sipping drink for a slow record night: one side each, no skipping.

A blind record swap from Nashville's best record store. Approx. ~$25–40 per record. Where to get it →