# Old Fashioned

A spirit-forward mixture of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and water served over ice.

Strength: 40% ABV

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Whiskey](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/whiskey.md) — Bourbon or rye
- 1 cube [Sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sugar.md)
- a few dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- a few dashes [Water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/water.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Garnish

- Orange slice
- Orange zest — Alternative to the orange slice.
- Cocktail cherry

## Method

1. Place the sugar cube in the glass, saturate it with bitters, and add a few dashes of water.
2. Muddle until the sugar has dissolved.
3. Fill the glass with ice, add the whiskey, and stir gently.

## Related drinks

- [Monte Carlo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monte-carlo.md): Rye, Bénédictine, and Angostura make an Old Fashioned branch in which the liqueur supplies every trace of sweetness as well as a deep herbal finish.
- [Improved Whiskey Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/improved-whiskey-cocktail.md): Rye is improved in the nineteenth-century sense with tiny measures of maraschino, sugar, absinthe, and bitters, preserving the whiskey's shape while connecting the Old Fashioned to the Sazerac.
- [Rob Roy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rob-roy.md): A Scotch whisky Manhattan, pairing the grain and smoke of whisky with sweet vermouth and aromatic bitters.
- [Mint Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mint-julep.md): A cold, fragrant bourbon drink in which mint and a little sugar open the whiskey without obscuring it.
- [Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/manhattan.md): A spirit-forward rye cocktail softened by sweet vermouth and seasoned with aromatic bitters.
- [Horsefeather](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horsefeather.md): A Kansas City whiskey highball pushes ginger beer hard against aromatic bitters and a squeezed lemon wedge for a peppery, regional cousin of the buck.
- [Preakness](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/preakness.md): A tiny measure of Bénédictine seasons a rye Manhattan with honeyed herbs and spice in the 1936 structure associated with Baltimore's first Preakness Ball.
- [Toronto](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/toronto.md): A rye Old Fashioned sharpened by the bracing herbal bitterness of Fernet-Branca.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/old-fashioned
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/old-fashioned-82a79a95.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/old-fashioned/