Old Fashioned Recipe Using Orange Bitters
The recipe after making numerous old fashioned through the years for both customers and myself.
Old fashioned recipe using orange bitters. 1 dash angostura orange bitters. Use a muddler or a spoon to crush up the sugar until it is dissolved. Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir to combine and chill the ingredients.
I love to use both lemon and orange peel. Bourbon or rye bitters orange bitters and simple syrup you can also just substitute a muddled sugar cube there. Two dashes of angostura will lay the base for.
2 dashes angostura aromatic bitters. Said to have emerged around 1860 1870 and is often touted as one of the world s oldest gin cocktails. In an old fashioned or short glass place the sugar cube or 1 2 teaspoon of sugar.
Oz demerara syrup splash of water. If you enjoy a lot of orange flavor in an old fashioned you can add a slice to the sugar and bitters to be muddled. Begin by assembling your arsenal.
This will add an intense orange taste to your cocktail just make sure not to muddle the rind as it can add unwanted bitterness. That one is my personal favorite. Depending on how you measured your sugar and the humidity in the air you might need more sugar if the glaze is too liquid or more juice if too thick.
I like to add the orange peel here too. Add the bitters and a splash of soda. This all gets muddled squished together topped with ice and then the whiskey.