Name: Bourbon Old-Fashioned
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 ounces bourbon whiskey; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 1 dash water; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 maraschino cherry; 1 orange wedge

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Recipe by Bill Spain

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Use a high quality bourbon for this, such as Knob Creek.

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ingredients

2 ounces bourbon whiskey
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 maraschino cherry
1 orange wedge

directions

Mix sugar and angostura bitters in an old-fashioned glass. Mix the two, then add a splash of water. Drop in a cherry and an orange wedge, and muddle into a paste using a muddler (or the back end of a spoon.) Pour in bourbon, fill with ice cubes, and stir.

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photo by troyh

7/15/2007

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7/15/2007

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review by troyh

7/15/2007

Never had an old-fashioned before although I love bourbon. I like it, although I didn't muddle anything since I don't have a muddler and I wanted to keep the cherry intact. Good though! FYI, sorry about the photo quality, I used a camera phone. :)

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creation by Bill Spain

6/25/2007

Use a high quality bourbon for this, such as Knob Creek.