The Old Fashioned

The original cocktail — nothing to prove, nothing to hide.

Ingredients
2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
1 sugar cube (or ¼ oz simple syrup)
2–3 dashes Angostura bitters
Orange peel, for garnish

Instructions
Muddle the sugar cube with the bitters and a splash of water in a rocks glass. Add the whiskey and a large ice cube. Stir for about 20 seconds, until well-chilled. Express the orange peel over the glass and drop it in.

Serve it in something that does the drink justice — a heavy glass and a cube that won't melt in five minutes.