For the second day of our Very Bourbon Christmas, we’re going to be showing you how to make an Old Fashioned!

An old fashioned was one of the simpler and earlier versions of cocktails, before the development of advanced bartending techniques and recipes in the later part of the 19th century.

Old Fashioned

Ingredients

● 1/2 teaspoon sugar
● 3 dashes Angostura bitters
● 1 teaspoon water
● 2 ounces bourbon
● Garnish: orange peel

Steps

1. Add the sugar and bitters to a rocks glass, then add water, and stir until sugar is nearly dissolved.
2. Fill the glass with large ice cubes, add the bourbon, and gently stir to combine.
3. Express the oil of an orange peel over the glass, then drop in.

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