Recipes · A classic

Old Fashioned

A rye drink with simple syrup, built in the glass. It's mostly boozy, spicy and herbal.

Old Fashioned in a rocks glass

Ingredients

  • 2 oz 60 mlRye
  • 0.25 oz 7.5 mlSimple syrup
  • 2 dashesAngostura bitters
  • built
  • rocks glass
  • Orange twist

Method

  1. Fill a rocks glass with ice.
  2. Pour in the rye, simple syrup and Angostura bitters and stir briefly.
  3. Garnish with an orange twist.

Taste

How the Old Fashioned tastes

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