Best Bourbon Old Fashioned
The perfected recipe for how to make a bar-quality Old Fashioned cocktail at home, every time. Just 6 ingredients and simple methods required.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp simple syrup
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
- 3 dashes orange bitters
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1 piece orange peel
- 1 whole cocktail cherry
Instructions
- To a cocktail glass, add 2 tsp (2 bar spoons) of simple syrup
- Add 3 dashes Angostura bitters.
- Add 3 dashes orange bitters.
- Add a large ice cube to the glass.
- Add 2 ounces (60 ml) of bourbon.
- Stir, ideally for 1 minute and for at least 20 seconds.
- Spritz an orange peel over the glass to release its oils. Then twist the peel and add to the glass.
- Top with a cocktail cherry