Old fashioned (cocktail)

Old fashioned

IBA official cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Base spirit	Whiskey
Served	On the rocks: poured over ice
Standard garnish	Orange slice or zest, and cocktail cherry
Standard drinkware	Old fashioned glass
IBA specified ingredients†	45 ml bourbon or rye whiskey 1 sugar cube Few dashes Angostura bitters Few dashes plain water
Preparation	Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitter, add few dashes of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Stir gently. Garnish with orange slice or zest, and a cocktail cherry.
Commonly served	Before dinner
† Old fashioned recipe at International Bartenders Association

The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon) or sometimes brandy, and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. It is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass (also known as a rocks glass).

Developed during the 19th century and given its name in the 1880s, it is an IBA Official Cocktail.^[1] It is also one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.