The Old Fashioned

An Old Fashioned is all about the spirit. This Single Malt is aged in oak casks and offers complex notes of toasted oak, honeyed heather, and orchard fruits. It is rich enough to be sipped slowly with just a little sugar and bitters.

Ingredients

• 60 ml Hammond’s Iron Ridge English Single Malt Whisky or Hawkridge Single Malt English Whisky
• 1 Sugar Cube (or syrup)
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Garnish
Orange peel

Instructions
Muddle sugar and bitters with a splash of water. Add whisky and ice; stir for 30 seconds and garnish.

Description
A slow-sipping, spirit-forward cocktail that softens the whisky with sugar and aromatics without masking the flavor.

History
Defined in the early 1800s as the original "cocktail" (spirits, sugar, water, bitters), it is the grandfather of modern mixology.