American · Drink · All year
Old Fashioned
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5m
Prep
0m
Cook
Easy
Level
180
Energy
The cocktail definition itself: bourbon, sugar, bitters-adjacent depth, orange oil, one big cube. Stirred, never rushed.
What you need
Ingredients
Servings
1
Before you start
Mise en place
Equipment
Blender or shaker
Tall glass
Prep checklist
Demerara Sugar — dissolved in 1 tsp warm water
Worcestershire Sauce — stand-in for bitters: 2 drops, or skip
Orange — peel
Ice — the biggest you own
2 steps
Method
1
Stir bourbon and demerara syrup with ice 20 seconds — stirred drinks stay silky; shaking bruises nothing but aerates wrongly.
1 min — timer available in cooking mode
2
Strain over the big cube. Express the orange peel — squeeze it skin-out over the glass so the oils mist the surface — then drop it in.
Why this works
The orange mist is half the drink. Watch the surface shimmer when the oils land.
From the pass
Chef's notes
Taste before serving and adjust salt and acid — the last 30 seconds of seasoning matter more than any single ingredient.
Afterwards
Keep, reheat & pair
Storage
Best the day it's made; syrups and bases keep a week refrigerated.
Freezing
Freeze bases into cubes for instant future drinks.
Reheating
Serve as intended — hot drinks fresh, cold drinks over plenty of ice.
Make ahead
Syrups and bases keep a week refrigerated; freeze fruit for instant thick blends.
Wine pairing
This is the drink.
Beer pairing
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On the plate
Serve it with
Sides
Shortbread or biscotti
Salted nuts
Garnish
A citrus wheel
Fresh mint
A cinnamon stick for warm drinks
Taste map
Flavour profile
Sweet
3
Salty
0
Sour
2
Bitter
1
Umami
0
Heat
0
Per serving
Nutrition
180
kcal
0g
protein
8g
carbs
0g
fat
3g
fiber
6g
sugar
520mg
sodium
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