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Julia Reed’s Scotch Old-Fashioned Recipe

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Step 1: In a rock glass, muddle the peel, sugar cube and bitters with 2 tsp cold water.

Step 2: Swirl to make sure the liquid coats the glass.

Step 3: Add ice and the Scotch, stir well and garnish with the orange slice.

See more recipes from Down South.

Reprinted with permission from Down South (2014, Random House Canada).

Ingredients

1 large strip of Meyer lemon or orange peel, scraped to remove as much pith as possible
1 sugar cube, preferably La Perruche brand
3 – 4 dashes of Fee Brothers orange bitters
3 – 4 dashes of Fee Brothers Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters
3 oz Scotch
1 orange slice

Directions

Step 1: In a rock glass, muddle the peel, sugar cube and bitters with 2 tsp cold water.

Step 2: Swirl to make sure the liquid coats the glass.

Step 3: Add ice and the Scotch, stir well and garnish with the orange slice.

See more recipes from Down South.

Reprinted with permission from Down South (2014, Random House Canada).

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