The Gin Old Fashioned
Yield 2 drinks
Ingredients
- 4 Oz Good Quality Gin
- Dash of Angostura bitters
- 2 Sugar cubes
- Zest of an orange or lemon
- Ice
- Optional: 4 fresh blueberries to garnish
Instructions
- Divide the sugar cubes into 2 glasses.
- Saturate with bitters - give it a good couple shakes or so.
- Top with 2 shots of gin and muddle until the sugar breaks down and begins to dissolve in the mixture.
- Add as much ice as makes you happy and stir for about 45 seconds.
- Run the zest of the citrus along the top of each glass. Twist and squeeze to release some oil and drop into the mixture or skewer with blueberries and place on side of the glass.
- Bottoms up.
Notes
To easily get a nice strip of zest, cut the bum and top off the citrus so it sits flat on the counter. Then take a pairing knife and starting from the top, make your way along the skin of the fruit, avoiding the pithy white part and flesh. Ta-da! Once you do it a couple times you can go the other way around the fruit (horizontal) and try to make a nice long strip!
Recipe by She Eats at https://sheeats.ca/2015/06/gin-old-fashioned/