Cocktails - Best Bourbon for Old Fashioned (with Classic Recipe and Variations)
Made with whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters, and an orange peel (or cherry) for garnish, it's a cocktail made for whiskey lovers! It's a blend of bourbon, bitters, simple syrup and the best cherries for a well-balanced cocktail.
- Best Bourbon Old Fashioned
- Best Bourbon for Old Fashioned (with Classic Recipe and Variations)
- Old Fashioned Cocktail
- How to Make a Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail
- Is Buffalo Trace good for Old Fashioned?
- What is a Buffalo Trace Old Fashioned?
- What is the secret to a good Old Fashioned?
- How do they make Buffalo Trace?
Best Bourbon Old Fashioned

Best Bourbon Old Fashioned: In a low ball glass, place your sugar cube. Add the dashes of bitters and splash of water (1/4 tsp.) on top of
Provided by: My Back Kitchen
Total time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 7
Provided by: My Back Kitchen
Total time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 7
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Bourbon (Our favorites are Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey 101, or Booker's)
- 1 Luxardo cherry
- 1 slice fresh orange peel
- 1 Pure Cane Brown Sugar Cube (La Perruche brand recommended)
- 2-6 dashes Angostura bitters (to taste)
- Water (just a splash)
- 1 Ice Cube (Large sphere or cube preferred)
How to cook:
- In a low ball glass, place your sugar cube. Add the dashes of bitters and splash of water (1/4 tsp.) on top of the sugar. Muddle until dissolved. Add bourbon. Take your fresh orange peel, torch lightly on the peel side, and squeeze over the drink expressing the oils into the cup before adding in. Place your ice cube and stir to chill. Add the cherry and enjoy!
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Buffalo Trace Old-Fashioned
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Best Bourbon for Old Fashioned (with Classic Recipe and Variations)

Using the best bourbon for an old fashioned is key to making this classic drink. This classic recipe with variations will make you an old fashioned cocktail pro in no time!
Provided by: Aubrey
Total time: 2 minutes
Prep time: 2 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 5
Provided by: Aubrey
Total time: 2 minutes
Prep time: 2 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 5
Ingredients:
- 2 oz bourbon or rye
- 2-3 dash angostura bitters
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon water
- 1 orange peel (garnish)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 148 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 3 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Sugar: 2 g
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Add water, bitters and sugar to rocks glass. Stir to dissolve sugar.
- Add bourbon or rye.
- Add ice or drink straight (no ice).
Old Fashioned Cocktail

An Old Fashioned is a true classic. Made with whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters, and an orange peel (or cherry) for garnish, it's a cocktail made for whiskey lovers!
Provided by: Cambria Bold
Total time: 2 minutes
Prep time: 2 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 4
Provided by: Cambria Bold
Total time: 2 minutes
Prep time: 2 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 4
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces bourbon or rye whiskey
- 1/4 ounce simple syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Orange peel or Luxardo cherry, for garnish (optional)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 144 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Sugar: 3 g
- Fat: 0 g
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Make the drink: Add simple syrup and bitters to a rocks glass. Fill the glass with ice, and stir to combine. (My favorite stirrer for a single cocktail? This cake tester !) Add bourbon or rye and stir for about 30 seconds to chill and dilute. Garnish with orange peel or Luxardo cherry, if desired.
How to Make a Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail

Learn How to Make a Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail properly. It's a blend of bourbon, bitters, simple syrup and the best cherries for a well-balanced cocktail.
Provided by: Miss AK
Total time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Number of ingredients: 8
Provided by: Miss AK
Total time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Number of ingredients: 8
Ingredients:
- 4 oz. bourbon or rye whiskey
- .75 oz simple syrup
- 2-4 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 orange peel
- 2 Luxardo cherries
- 1 toothpick
- ice – here’s the sphere mold we use + you’ll need more for stirring or shaking
- Old Fashioned glass or short tumbler, chilled.
Nutrition:
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 408 calories
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrate: 23 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Add a few ice cubes to the bottom of a cocktail shaker. You can also stir this cocktail, just add ice to the bottom of a crystal mixing glass.
- Take your orange peel and run it around the rim of the glass. Add a few ice cubes or an ice sphere to the bottom of the glass.
- In the cocktail shaker or pitcher, add the bourbon or whiskey, simple syrup, and bitters. Shake or stir well.
- Pour into the glass with ice.
- Garnish with 2 cherries on the toothpick and the orange peel. Cheers!