It may be Old by name, but this particular recipe and method is relatively modern and has become one of the most ordered cocktails in top bars Globally! Bartender Tip: An Old Fashioned can be made with pretty much any dark spirit. Choose your favourite to twist this classic.

Intermediate

Alcohol

Bitter

Sour

Sweet

Old Fashioned

Zest 2 large strips of Orange for zesting

Fruit Zester

Knife

Prepare

Pour the sugar into your glass. Add the bitters onto the sugar

Bar Spoon

Whisky Tumbler

Sugar

Cocktail bitters

Sugar and Bitters

Measure up and add a splash of the whisky and 1 ice cube into the mix

Jigger

Whiskey

Splash of whisky

Stir the drink for around 20 seconds, melting the ice and dissolving the sugar

Stir

Zest one of the orange zests into the drink and drop it in

Orange zest

Zest

Add the rest of your whisky and some more ice cubes

Ice scoop

Whisky and ice

Stir the drink again for around 20 seconds

Stir again

Top with a couple more ice cubes and garnish with your final orange zest

How to make Old Fashioned - video recipe