Time 10m Yield 2 drinks Number Of Ingredients 6 Steps:
Muddle the orange slice, 2 cherries, bitters and sugar if using in a large liquid measuring cup until syrupy. Add in the bourbon and a few ice cubes and stir vigorously for 20 seconds to chill the drink and dilute the bourbon. Fill 2 rocks glasses with one large cube. Strain the drink into the glasses. Squeeze an orange peel above each glass to release the oils, then add to the glass along with 1 or 2 cherries.
Time 10m Yield 1 Number Of Ingredients 7 Steps:
Pour the simple syrup, water, and bitters into a whiskey glass. Stir to combine, then place the ice cubes in the glass. Pour bourbon over the ice and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.
Time 5m Yield Makes 1 Number Of Ingredients 7 Steps:
Put the sugar, bitters and water in a small tumbler. Mix until the sugar dissolves if using granulated. Fill your glass with ice and stir in the whisky. Add a splash of soda water if you like and mix. Garnish with the orange and cherry.
Time 2m Yield 1 drink Number Of Ingredients 4 Steps:
Muddle the sugar cube and bitters with one bar spoon of water at the bottom of a chilled rocks glass. (If using simple syrup, combine bitters and one bar spoon of syrup.) Add rye or bourbon. Stir. Add one large ice cube, or three or four smaller cubes. Stir until chilled and properly diluted, about 30 seconds. Slip orange twist on the side of the cube.
Yield 1 serving Number Of Ingredients 6 Steps:
Place the sugar cube in the bottom of a rocks glass. Add the bitters and muddle until combined. Add ice to the glass and pour the whiskey over. Stir until sugar is mostly dissolved. Hold a piece of orange peel between your thumb and forefinger and squeeze over the glass to release the oil. If desired, carefully use a match or lighter to ignite the orange oils for a caramelized flavor. Garnish with the orange peel and a cherry. Enjoy!
Yield Makes 1 cocktail Number Of Ingredients 5 Steps:
In old-fashioned glass, combine simple syrup and bitters. Fill glass halfway with ice, then stir about a dozen times. Add enough ice to fill glass. Squeeze orange peel over glass to extract oils, add peel to glass, and add whiskey. Stir just until drink is cold and alcoholic bite has softened, about a dozen times. Garnish with cherry, swizzle stick, and straw.
