Drink:
Old Fashioned
Recipe:
2oz Bourbon Whiskey
2 dashes angostura bitters
1 splash water
1 tsp sugar
1 maraschino cherry
1 orange wedge
Mix sugar, water and angostura bitters in an old-fashioned glass. Drop in a cherry and an orange wedge. Muddle into a paste using a muddler or the back end of a spoon. Pour in bourbon, fill with ice cubes, and stir.
Description:
Widely considered to be the first drink recognized as a "cocktail", the Old Fashioned was made and popularized at the Kentucky Pendennis Club. Honestly, the history of this drink is almost more interesting than the flavor of the drink itself.
In honor of the drink, the club that created it even hosts and annual ball. The glass used for the cocktail even bears its name.
This sucker is the granddaddy of modern cocktails, and you better respect it for that.
Variants:
There is a lot of debate over the 'proper' way to mix an old fashioned. The recipe listed above is only one version, and chances are if you call that the 'real' one you are going to find yourself in a fight with some cocktail snob.
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