Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon ¼ oz. simple syrup or a sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Orange Slice, orange peel, and cherry
Muddle sugar, orange slice, and cherry in the bottom of your serving glass. Add ice, Bourbon, and bitters. Stir and garnish with flamed orange peel.
For this cocktail, you can use Bourbons for under $100.
In 2014, we were chatting about Bourbon with Erik Adkins of Hard Water (also referred to as "Whiskey Heaven" among its San Francisco clientele). You can check his version of the Old Fashioned recipe to see how the cocktail is prepared in one of the best Whiskey bars in America.