Bacon Old Fashioned

Ingredients
1 1/2 PARTS Knob Creek® Smoked Maple Bourbon
3 TSP. Brown Sugar Simple Syrup
3 DASHES of Orange Bitters Orange Peel
1 STRIP of Candied Bacon

Directions:
1. Cut the bacon strip in half. Chop one half into small pieces.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add the small bacon pieces, brown sugar simple syrup and bitters.
3. Add ice to the cocktail shaker and proceed to shake until well mixed. About a dozen times.
4. Double strain the mixture into a low ball glass with fresh ice, removing the bacon pieces.
Add bourbon and stir.
5. Garnish with the remaining 1/2 bacon strip and a sliver of orange peel.