Old Fashioned Cocktail

INGREDIENTS

• 2¼ oz bourbon 67mL
• 1 orange peel
• 4 dashes bitters
• 1 sugar cube

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut a one inch circle of orange peel.
2. Place a sugar cube in glass and saturate with bitters.
3. Muddle the sugar cube and then add 1½ oz of bourbon.
4. Add ice and stir well. 
5. Using a match or lighter warm the orange peel up, then squeeze while holding at a 45 degree angle over glass. Wipe peel on rim of glass and drop in. 
6. Add a cherry (optional), and ¾ oz of bourbon and give a final stir. You may add a small spritz of soda if you desire. Garnish with a strip of orange peel and enjoy!