Old Fashioned

  • 1 teaspoon sugar

  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters

  • 1 teaspoon water

  • 2 ounces bourbon (or rye whiskey, if preferred)

  • Garnish: orange twist

  1. Add the sugar and bitters into a mixing glass, then add the water, and stir until the sugar is nearly dissolved.

  2. Fill the mixing glass with ice, add the bourbon, and stir until well-chilled.

  3. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.

  4. Express the oil of an orange twist over the glass, then drop into the glass to garnish.