Old Fashioned

 

Night cap: When a family member creates an Old Fashioned for you sometime after midnight and it really hits the spot*.

Method etc.

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.

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.

To serve, garnish with orange or lemon peel.

"That all sounds fine to me."