Old Fashioned – one of the greatest Bourbon cocktail

Old Fashioned a 19th century classic cocktail predates to most of the other classic cocktails. It was created in Penndennis Club in Louisville Kentucky buy James E Pepper, the bourbon maker himself and later on added to the menu list of Waldorf- Astoria Hotel bar in New York & went on to become one of the top six classic cocktails🥃🥃
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You can go to 20 different bars and you will find 20 different ways the drink is being made. Some may take 15 minutes to create this drink🥃
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Ingredients

Bourbon whiskey – 60 ml
Angostura bitters – 3 to 4 dashes
Sugar cube
Maraschino cherry
Orange 

Preparation Method

This being a built drink we take the tumbler or whiskey glass which  is also known as the old fashioned glass after this cocktail & place a sugar cube in the bottom of the glass.
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Add three dashes of Angoustra bitters and then add around 15 ml of your favorite bourbon. With the disc of your barspoon gently crush the cube to get a smooth paste
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Add two ice cubes and then gently squeeze the juice of  maraschino cherry into the drink. Add  30 ml of bourbon upto the level of ice. Combine the drink by blending and stirring to bring together all the flavours. Stirring helps to dilute, soften, smoothen as well chill the drink🧊
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Add more ice cubes to about two third of the glass. Take a thick slice of orange with the flesh and good skin and add few drops of the juice to the drink and rub the skin to the inner side of the glass. Drop the slice in it.
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Add 15 ml of bourbon and stir to combine all the flavours. Ensure to retain the bite from the bourbon by not over diluting the drink
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Cheers to the Classic Old Fashioned!