At a Glance
Category: Whiskey Cocktails
Glass: Rocks glass
Garnish: Orange peel
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon or rye whiskey
- 1 sugar cube (or 0.25 oz simple syrup)
- 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
- Splash of water
Method
Muddle sugar cube with bitters and a splash of water in the glass. Add whiskey and ice, stir well.
Glass & Garnish
Glass: Rocks glass
Garnish: Orange peel
Background & History
Considered by many historians to be the template cocktail — spirit, sugar, water, bitters — that the very word 'cocktail' originally described in an 1806 newspaper definition.
For more on this, see Cocktail Recipe Directory and Whiskey Cocktails.