The Old Fashioned

Drink Ingredients:

• 1 sugar cube
• 1 orange slice
• 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
• 1 to 2 brandied cherries
• 1 1/2 oz of bourbon

Drink Preparations:

• In an old-fashioned glass muddle, muddle the sugar cube with the orange slice, bitters and cherries, if using.
• Add ice, top with bourbon and stir to mix.

For those who do not know what it is to muddle: it is to use a muddler (which looks like a small baseball bat) it is used to for mashing sugar cubes, fruit, herbs, and even ice in cocktails. When muddling fruit, such as in an Old-Fashioned. You must mash the fruit enough to release the oils in the rind.