Old Fashioned

Put one sugar cube in a rocks glass and splash it twice with Angostura.

Splash a little water.

Crush the sugar with a muddler.

Fill the glass to the top with ice cubes.

Pour the bourbon and stir with a spoon.

Decorate with a cocktail cherry and a slice of orange.

Traditionally, it is believed that the name “Old Fashioned” was first used for a bourbon-based cocktail at the Pendennis Club, a gentlemen's club founded in 1881 in Louisville, Kentucky. It is claimed that the recipe was invented by a bartender of this club in honor of Colonel James Pepper (1867–1906), a bourbon producer. The cocktail was introduced to the Waldorf Astoria hotel bar in New York through the bartender.