Sunday, March 28, 2010

Dry Old Fashioned

Equipment: Martini glass, crushed ice, glass shaker, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, dash bitters, splash of club soda or seltzer, scoopful of small ice cubes, 1 1/2 ounces whiskey, cocktail spoon, strainer, bar toothpick, olive garnish and glass of ice water.

Gill martini glass with ice, set aside; put sugar, bitters and soda in shaker; swirl shaker enough to dissolve sugar; add scoopful of ice and whiskey; stir with spoon in circular motion until mixture is chilled and diluted, about 15 seconds; dump ice out of glass; strain mixture into glass; rim glass with garnish, serve with garnish on toothpick in drink and water.

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