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Old-fashioned whisky cocktail

Old-fashioned whisky cocktail
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
no cooking required
Serve
Serves 1

This old-fashioned whisky cocktail is an out-and-out classic of the 1960s that will make you feel like a sharp-suited Don Draper in no time.

By Wayne Collins

From Something for the Weekend

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Ingredients

  • 1 thick slice orange peel
  • 1 maraschino cherry, with stem
  • 1 tsp sugar syrup (also sold as gomme syrup)
  • 2-3 drops angostura bitters
  • ice cubes, as necessary
  • 50ml/2fl oz Scotch or bourbon
  • twist of lemon peel, to garnish

Method

  1. Take the orange peel and squeeze it with your fingers. Rub the peel around the insides of a whisky tumbler, then place into the glass. Add the cherry, sugar syrup and bitters, along with three ice cubes.

  2. Add half of the scotch or bourbon and stir for about ten seconds. Add more ice and the remaining scotch or bourbon and stir again for 10-15 seconds.

  3. To serve, garnish with lemon peel.