Hey, welcome. I've been playing around with making drinks for the past couple of years. I love the actual discovery of new flavours vs. the actual drinking of the cocktails but they still go down smooth.
Anyways, part of the fun of cocktails is that you can make them however you want. My way is just one way and I mix it up from time to time. I encourage you to experiment and find what you like best.
Recipe:
2oz Bourbon
1 cane sugar cube
Cardamom Bitters
Ginger Bitters
Orange
Luxardo Cherry
Instructions:
- Grab yourself a rocks glass and put a small amount of water to your liking. I put just a splash of water. I never measure this out.
- We're going old school by using a traditional cane sugar cube. Drop it in and it will soak up the water which helps soften it up.
- Normally, Old Fashioned use Angosturra bitters and that's tasty but I make mine a bit different with ginger and cardamom bitters. A couple of dashes each if you please. The water should be a murkey brown.
- Let's muddle the sugarcube into the drink. As you muddle, stir it around blending the sugar with the bitters.
- Time for the bourbon. I'm using Fireside which is a bourbon from Colorado and it's bottled-in-bond. I picked this up when I was in Denver earlier. It's quite tasty but use whatever bourbon you prefer.
- I prefer to use Luxardo cherries. Yes they are expensive. I've also used Amarena cherries and those are good as well. Of course you can use whatever cherries you please but I'm going to ignore you if they are a radioactive red. Don't put your cherries in the fridge please, leave them out. They are shelf stable.
- Last step is to peel a room temperature orange. Use a real peeler and not a knife. You'll invariably cut too much pith from the orange and it will affect the flavour of your drink. Slice from top to bottom and pinch it in half over the drink to express the oils from the skin. This will give it enough orange flavour.
Rub the skin part of the peel around the inside and outside of the rim and then drop the peel in. You can even use this as a stir stick!
- Let's zoom in on the finished product. Smoke 'em if you got 'em and enjoy responsibly!
