Old Fashioned
Ingredients
Glass:
Rocks
Instructions
Place the sugar cube in a rocks glass and saturate with bitters, add the plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add bourbon whiskey. Garnish with the orange twist, and a cocktail cherry.
Notes
Old Fashioned is an official IBA cocktail.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | Total Fat | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Protein | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon whisky | 112.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angostura Bitters | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Sugar cube | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Water | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Total | 112.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
About the ingredients
- Bourbon whisky: Bourbon is a type of American whiskey, a barrel-aged distilled liquor made primarily from corn. The name derives from the French Bourbon dynasty, although the precise inspiration is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, both of which are named after the dynasty. The name "Bourbon" was not applied until the 1850s, and the Kentucky etymology was not advanced until the 1870s. Bourbon has been distilled since the 18th century. Although bourbon may be made anywhere in the United States, it is strongly associated with the American South in general, and with Kentucky in particular. As of 2014, distillers' wholesale market revenue for bourbon sold within the US was about $2.7 billion, and bourbon made up about two thirds of the $1.6 billion of U.S. exports of distilled spirits. According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, in 2018 U.S. distillers derived $3.6 billion in revenue from bourbon and Tennessee whiskey (a closely related spirit produced in the state of Tennessee). Bourbon was recognized in 1964 by the United States Congress as a "distinctive product of the United States". Bourbon sold in the United States must be produced in the U.S. from at least 51% corn and stored in a new container of charred oak.
- Maraschino cherry: A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. In their modern form, the cherries are first preserved in a brine solution usually containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach the fruit, then soaked in a suspension of food coloring (common red food dye is FD&C Red 40), sugar syrup, and other components.
- Angostura Bitters: Angostura bitters is a concentrated bitters (herbal alcoholic preparation) based on gentian, herbs, and spices, by House of Angostura in Trinidad and Tobago. It is typically used for flavouring beverages or, less often, food. The bitters were first produced in the town of Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela), hence the name, but do not contain angostura bark. The bottle is recognisable by its distinctive oversized label. Angostura is Spanish for 'narrowing', the town of Angostura having been at the first narrowing of the Orinoco River.