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Old Fashioned

stirredRocks glassorange twist33% vol

The grandfather clause of cocktails: spirit, sugar, bitters, ice. Everything else in this bar descends from this glass.

Sweet
Sour
Bitter
Strong
Fresh

Ingredients

  • Bourbon60 ml
  • Simple syrup 1:18 ml
  • Aromatic bitters (2 dashes)2 ml

84 ml · 2.2 standard drinks

Open in the Mix Lab

How to

  1. 1Stir whiskey, syrup and bitters with ice in the glass or a mixing glass.
  2. 2Strain (or keep) over one large cube.
  3. 3Express the orange twist over the top and drop it in.

Remy's tip

Stir longer than feels polite — the drink is done when the glass sweats. No fruit salad in mine, thank you.