Bourbon Old Fashioned Recipe
You don t need to and shouldn t use a hugely top shelf bourbon for your old fashioned because your bitters sugar and especially garnish will ruin the subtle notes you pay for in top shelf whiskey but neither should you use something that smells like paint thinner or nail polish remover.
Bourbon old fashioned recipe. Add 2 bar spoons simple syrup to cocktail glass. Mix sugar and angostura bitters in an old fashioned glass. Express the oil of an orange peel over the glass then drop in.
One of the great classic bourbon cocktails the old fashioned was invented in louisville ky. Mix the two then add a splash of water. You can also sub one sugar cube for the simple syrup.
Mostly because i bartended for years and know that unless someone has a sophisticated palate they will likely complain that they cannot taste the liquor. Add simple syrup bitters and ice. We use sugar in the raw to make our simple syrup.
Simple syrup is a 1 1 ratio of sugar and water. In a rocks glass add the sugar bitters and splash of water stir until sugar has dissolved. Add the 1 1 ratio and simmer on medium low heat.
Fill the glass with large ice cubes add the bourbon and gently stir to combine. Kentucky bourbon angostura bitters sugar cherries an orange and a lemon. You ll need six ingredients.
Add the orange peel pinching to help release the oil into drink and drop in. Some people say that the proper technique to make the perfect bourbon old fashioned is to stir the cocktail with ice for 20 to 30 seconds and then strain it over fresh ice. An amazing original bourbon old fashioned cocktail recipe.