I just buy the bottle of bitters. It's too easy. And I love an old-fashioned with Bulleit Rye.
I use a sugar cube and soak it with bitters before muddling. Then I add 3 mari cherries and muddle those to soak up the bitters/sugar. The I add an orange slice and muddle the center of it to mix it in with the other flavors. Then the Rye to marry with everything. Then the rest.
Every old-fashioned lover has their best recipe. We have two restaurants here that make very good old-fashioned's and always have Bulleit Rye on the shelf. I try to talk the family into going to one of those on the special occasion dinners. LOL.
You can get a lot better bitters than Angostura... and it is not cheap when you find it. I enjoy making it.
