Maple Bourbon Smash
MAKES 1 COCKTAIL
Ingredients
2 ounces bourbon
1 tablespoon apple butter*
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3 dashes Angostura bitters
club soda, to taste
apple wheel, for garnish
Directions
Add all ingredients except soda to a cocktail shaker along with a few cubes of ice and shake vigorously to chill. Fill a highball glass with ice and pour bourbon mixture over it. Top with soda and garnish with apple wheel.
*The apple butter adds pulp to the cocktail, which can be removed by straining, if you prefer.Â
City Grocery Spiced Cider
Recipe by John Currence, published in “Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey”
Ingredients
4 cups apple cider
Peel of 1/2 medium orange
Peel of 1 lemon
1 cinnamon stick
4 whole cloves
3 allspice berries
2 cups bourbon
Lemon twists, for garnish
Freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish
Directions
1. Combine cider, orange and lemon peels, cinnamon, cloves and allspice berries in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
2. Decrease the heat to a simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for 7 – 10 minutes.
3. Strain the liquid into a coffee pot, discard the solids and add the bourbon. Serve warm with a twist of lemon and grated nutmeg.
Ginger Old Fashioned
MAKES 1 COCKTAIL
Ingredients
2 sugar cubes
6 dashes Angostura bitters
1 lemon slice
1 lime slice
1 orange slice
1 maraschino cherry
1 tablespoon grenadine
1/4 cup bourbon or rye whiskey
Ginger beer
Directions
1. Place sugar cubes in the bottom of a rocks glass and sprinkle with bitters. Add citrus slices, cherry and grenadine. Using the handle of a wooden spoon, muddle ingredients. Add bourbon.
2. Fill glass with ice cubes and stir to combine and chill. Top with ginger beer and serve.
Dark and Stormy
Recipe courtesy Roy Clark, The Haberdasher
MAKES 1 COCKTAIL
Ingredients
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 3/4 ounce Kraken dark rum
Jamaican ginger beer
a lime wedge or wheel,
to garnish
Directions
Fill a rocks glass with cracked ice, fresh lime juice, Kraken dark rum, and Jamaican ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge or wheel.
