“Real” Old-Fashioned | Edible Michiana

By Wally Ruston / Photography By Levon Kotanko | September 19, 2018

Ingredients

Orange peel
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 teaspoon (or less) simple syrup
1½ ounces decent (not top shelf) rye whiskey
Ice
2 ounces club soda

Instructions

In a medium rocks glass (9-ounce capacity), add a twist of orange peel, bitters and simple syrup (enough to just cover the orange peel).

With a muddler, gently press down on the rind. The goal is to express the oil, not mash the ingredients together. Add rye. Add ice. Top with club soda.

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Ingredients

Orange peel
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 teaspoon (or less) simple syrup
1½ ounces decent (not top shelf) rye whiskey
Ice
2 ounces club soda

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