Ingredients

• 1 sugar cube
• 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 liter club soda
• 2 ounces rye whiskey
• 1 old-fashioned glass

Steps

1. Place the sugar cube (or 1/2 teaspoon loose sugar) in an Old-Fashioned glass
2. Wet it down with 2 or 3 dashes of Angostura bitters and a short splash of water or club soda
3. Crush the sugar with a wooden muddler, chopstick, strong spoon, lipstick, cartridge case, whatever
4. Rotate the glass so that the sugar grains and bitters give it a lining
5. Add a large ice cube
6. Pour in the rye (or bourbon)
7. Serve with a stirring rod