Old Fashioned
Credit: Russell Kaye
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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.
Check out how I made mine and looking delicious.
http://saveurdays.com/2012/02/03/old-fashioned/
There is no slice of orange in an Old Fashioned.
There is no cherry in an Old Fashioned.
You do not mash up fruit of any kind in an Old Fashioned. To do so implies a perveted nastiness of mind†.
There is no seltzer, soda water, ginger ale, or lemon soda in an Old Fashioned.
There is no vermouth of any kind in an Old Fashioned.
There is no beer in an Old Fashioned.
There is no lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice or sour mix in an Old Fashioned.
There are no frothing agents in an Old Fashioned.
You do not shake an Old Fashioned‡.