Add ingredients to the mixing glass. Add ice to mixing glass and serving glass. Stir ingredients for 30-40 secs. . Strain into serving glass. Garnish with a lightly expressed orange peel.
Cocktail historians generally agree the Old Fashioned cocktail’s name was first used at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, KY.
1881
Col. James E. Pepper, who was born on the site of what is now the Woodford Reserve Distillery, is credited with popularizing the Old Fashioned Cocktail by introducing it to society at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Today
The Old Fashioned is the World’s #1 Classic Cocktail.
