I don’t keep a great home bar. Aside from a few bottles of wine and some Jameson (obvi), I’m more of a buy-as-I-drink type. But after taking some cocktail classes at BYOB Cocktail Emporium and enjoying classically made concoctions at the Toronto Temperance Society and Bar Chef, I decided to expand my home drinking options.
Enter The Old Fashioned.
My new favourite cocktail is so easy to make and delicious to drink. Instead of classic Angostura bitters, I used Orange Angostura – a trick I learned from expert mixologist Trevor Burnett.
The Old Fashioned
- Fill glass with ice.
- Soak one sugar cube in 12 drops of orange bitters.
- Muddle cube.
- Squeeze orange zest (from the peel – not the white stuff) into the glass and let drop.
- Add 1.5 oz. of bourbon.
- Add 1.5 oz. of soda water.
- Give the drink a slow stir. Don’t “bruise the spirits”.
- Garnish with an orange slice and cherry.
Now to decide how best to drink the Aperol I bought…
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The best way to enjoy your Aperol, and this I promise you will enjoy…
1oz Aperol
1oz Your preferred Bourbon or Maker’s Mark
1oz Martini Sweet Vermouth
Add ice to a rocks glass, add the spirits, stir and similar to the Old Fashioned, squeeze of orange peel and drop in the glass.
Trev
Trevor I have all those ingredients – thank you!
You’re always welcome!
Hey, just trying to track down some orange bitters in Toronto. Just moved back into town and don’t know where they would be carried.
Cheers
Brad
Hi Brad – sorry for not getting back to you sooner. You can find these bitters at BYOB Toronto – 972 Queen St. W. Cheers.