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Aqueduct, Thoroughbred Club • Charleston, SC
© Tina Rupp

Aqueduct

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Thoroughbred Club • Charleston, SC

Many of the cocktails at the Thoroughbred Club are named after racetracks or horse-racing terms. This variation on the old-fashioned is named after the one racetrack located within New York Cit...

  1. 2 maraschino cherries, plus 1 maraschino cherry and 1 orange wheel skewered on a pick
  2. 1 orange slice, halved crosswise
  3. 1/4 ounce Simple Syrup
  4. 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
  5. 2 ounces bourbon
  6. Ice
  7. 1 ounce chilled club soda
  1. In a rocks glass, muddle the 2 cherries with the orange slice, Simple Syrup and bitters. Add the bourbon, then fill the glass with ice and add the club soda. Pour the drink back and forth between the rocks glass and a pint glass 3 times, then pour it into the rocks glass. Garnish with the skewered cherry and orange wheel.