- 75 ml bourbon
- a white sugar cube
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
Put a sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass and soak it in the bitters. Pour in the whiskey and muddle until the sugar is dissolved. Add a single large cube of ice and stir. Squeeze the oil from a twist of lemon peel onto the top of the drink then drop it in.
The Old Fashioned cocktail first appeared in the late 19th century, when bartenders didn’t get so uptight with their drinks. It was named for its simplicity, being from a class of ‘old-fashioned cocktails.’
Long out of fashion, it had a renaissance in the late 2000s, sparked by an inexhaustible thirst for them by TV show Mad Men’s tough protagonist Don Draper.
“Bourbon’s like the truth, you know? The first taste burns, but once you get used to it, it’s the only thing you want in your mouth.”
Don Draper