Ingredients
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- 1 cup turbinado sugar (paid link)
- 1 cup water
- 2.5 oz. bourbon whiskey
- 2 dashes black walnut bitters
- 1 large ice cube (paid link)
- maraschino cherries (paid link)
- orange peel
Instructions
- Add turbinado sugar (paid link) and water to a mason jar (paid link) or glass and stir until the sugar dissolves. Set to the side.
- Slice a piece of orange peel from your orange using a peeler. Place the orange peel in a rocks glass or an old-fashioned glass. Add the maraschino cherry.
- Add the bourbon whiskey, black walnut bitters, and 1 oz. turbinado simple syrup to the glass. Stir using a bar spoon (paid link). Stir well using a bar spoon (paid link).
- Add a large ice cube (paid link) and serve. Stir for 20-30 seconds to allow the ice to melt a little and cool the cocktail.
Notes
You can adjust the cocktail’s sweetness by increasing or decreasing the amount of simple syrup.
The recipe makes more simple syrup than you need for one cocktail, so there is plenty to make additional drinks.
Nutrition
- Calories: 366
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 21mg
- Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23.8g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg

