Old Fashioned

Origin

The Old Fashioned cocktail’s roots can be traced back to the early 1800s in America, where it originated as a simple “Whiskey Cocktail”. The drink consisted of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and water. The name “Old Fashioned” emerged later, possibly in the mid-1800s, as bartenders started experimenting with more elaborate cocktails, and customers who preferred the simpler version started requesting it in the “old-fashioned” way.

Ingredients

2oz Otter Creek Distilling Rye or Southern Spirits (aka Bernie)

1/4 oz maple syrup

2 dashes bitters

Garnish orange

Instructions

Add the spirit of choice, maple syrup and bitters into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube. Express the oil of an orange peel over the cocktail and drop in the peel.

alternative drink ingredients

2 oz OCD rye or OCD Southern Spirits (Bernie)

2-3 dashes of Angostura Bitters

1 sugar cube or 1/2 tsp sugar

Tsp of water or club soda

Instructions

Muddle sugar with water, add bitters until sugar dissolves. Add ice, add rye or Bourbon and stir gently. Squeeze small slice of orange peel and drop it in. Garnish with cherry and or orange.

Or same recipe and mix sugar and cherry in Rock glass, muddle to express liquid. Add orange wedge, muddle. Add ice. Pour in whiskey, Add bitters. Stir. Top with water or soda water (optional).