Old Fashioned Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

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• Method: stir
• Glass: Old-fashioned glass
• Ice: Ice
• Garnish: Orange zest twist
• ABV: 26%

Ingredients

• Bourbon whiskey — 1½ oz (45 ml)
• Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.) — 1 oz (30 ml)
• Demerara / dark Muscovado sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water) — ⅓ oz (10 ml)
• Bob's Abbotts bitters — 9 drop

How to make it

1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
2. Strain into ice-filled glass.
3. Garnish with orange zest twist.

A classic cocktail with bourbon and rye whiskey.

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