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…
Sources: ohbeautifulpaper, ohgo, eldoradobar, onthefourthfloor
