Old-Fashioned

SERVINGS: makes 1 drink

According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, the Old-Fashioned is a direct descendant of the earliest cocktail, which in the early 1800s consisted of “a little water, a little sugar, a lot of liquor, and a couple splashes of bitters.”

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1 sugar cube
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1/4 ounce chilled club soda
Ice
2 ounces bourbon
1 lemon or orange twist, for garnish

In a chilled rocks glass, combine the sugar cube, bitters and club soda and muddle to a paste. Add ice and the bourbon and stir well. Garnish with the twist.

Old-Fashioned

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