Simple Syrup recipe here

To a mixing glass add spirits, simple syrup and 2 dashes bitters. Add ice and stir until chilled.

Fill a rocks glass to halfway with ice, and using a Hawthorne strainer, strain drink into glass. Using a vegetable peeler, strip long peels from orange and lemon, express each over top of rocks glass and insert into cocktail.

The old fashioned is a great drink for riffs, especially with bitters. Try the following bitters combinations:

• 1 dash Angostura and with 2 dashes Peychaud’s or …
• 1 dash Angostura, 1 dash Peychaud’s and 2 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters or …
• 2 dashes Peychaud’s and 2 dashes Regan’s or …
• 2 dashes Fee Brothers Cardamom Bitters with 2 dashes Fee Brothers Old Fashioned Bitters

Photo of Old Fashioned by Jess Amburgey of Rye Restaurant