Blood Orange Old Fashioned

🥘 Ingredients

• blood orange juice (1/2 orange juiced)
  1 oz
• bourbon or rye whiskey
  1 1/2 oz
• garnish (maraschino cherries and orange slices for)
• ice
• maple syrup
  2 tsp
• orange bitters (or Angostura bitters for a more classic old-fashioned)
  2 dashes
• x 2x 3x
  1

1. 1

   Gather x 2x 3x .

   x 2x 3x: 1
2. 2

   Start by juicing your oranges. You can do this ahead of time and store the juice in an airtight container in the fridge. Add the orange juice to a regular or double old-fashioned glass.
3. 3

   Add a couple of dashes of bitters into the glass, maple syrup , and bourbon or rye whiskey . You can use angostura or orange. I usually add less if I'm using angostura because they have a stronger flavor and are more bitter.

   maple syrup: 2 tsp, bourbon or rye whiskey: 1 1/2 oz
4. 4

   Stir everything together and add ice . Stir again or swirl to move the ice around and cool the drink. garnish with a slice of orange and a maraschino cherry, and enjoy!

   ice, garnish (maraschino cherries and orange slices for)
5. 5

   If desired, you can also top up the drink with soda water to make it easier to drink.
6. 6

   Add the bourbon, maple syrup, orange bitters , and blood orange juice to an old-fashioned glass.

   orange bitters: 2 dashes (or Angostura bitters for a more classic old-fashioned), blood orange juice: 1 oz (1/2 orange juiced)
7. 7

   Stir everything together with a spoon and fill up the glass with ice. Stir again to cool the cocktail.
8. 8

   Garnish with maraschino cherries and a slice of blood orange and enjoy!