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A bartender at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky, invented this cocktail, ostensibly to mask the flavor of bourbon for a Civil War veteran and club member who didn't cotton to its flavor.

2 orange slices
2 maraschino cherries (stems removed)
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1/2 tsp. superfine sugar
2 1/2 oz. bourbon

1. Put 1 orange slice, 1cherry, bitters, 1 tsp. water, and sugar into an old-fashioned glass. Using a pestle or the back of a teaspoon, muddle the fruit and sugar until the fruit is a little mashed and the sugar has dissolved.

2. Add several ice cubes to the glass, then add bourbon. Stir gently and garnish with remaining orange and cherry.

This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #34