A whiskey adventure for you and me.
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BOURBON MILKSHAKE
2 oz. bourbon
2 oz. chocolate syrup
1 cup vanilla ice creamCombine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. *Add a bit of milk if the shake is too thick.
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Whiskey in a Jar
One part Bourbon +
One part Scotch +
One part rye.
Served over ice, in a jar.
(Source: GQ)
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Sweet Tea & Bourbon
with fresh mint and orange
6 cups water
4 or 5 black tea bags
1/4 cup agave syrup (honey will do too)
1/4 to 1/2 cup bourbon (depending on how strong you want your cocktail)
4 to 6 sliced orange rounds
6 sprigs fresh mint
lots of ice
Bring water to a boil. Turn off water and add black tea bags. Steep tea for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags, place the tea in a large pitcher and let rest in the refrigerator until cold.
Place agave, bourbon, orange slices and fresh mint in a medium bowl. It the back of a spoon, begin to muddle (or press together) the ingredients. The oranges will release come juice, the mint will become fragrant, and the bourbon will tickle your nose. It’ll smell delicious. Once the mixture is pressed together, and the flavors are extracted, add the mixture to the pitcher of tea. Stir well. ((Feel free to strain the orange wedges and the mint leaves before pouring into the pitcher of tea, if you’d like.))
Fill glasses with ice cubes. Pour sweet, boozy tea over ice. Enjoy. Drink it up.
(Source: joythebaker.com)
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Prescription Julep
- 10 mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon Simple Syrup
- 3 tablespoons VSOP Cognac
- 2 tablespoons rye whiskey
- 4 mint sprigs
Preparation
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Lightly muddle mint leaves and Simple Syrup in a mixing glass. Stir in Cognac and whiskey. Fill a Julep cup or glass with crushed ice. Pour mixture over. Stir until frost forms on outside of cup. Add more crushed ice to make a mound. Garnish with mint sprigs and serve with a straw.
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One of Ernest Hemingway’s Favorite Cocktails:
Whiskey & Soda
2 oz Whiskey (Scotch, bourbon, or rye)
4 oz seltzer/sparkling water (Hemingway loved Perrier)
Fill a Highball glass with ice, add ingredients, stir, serve. Option, garnish with a wedge (or peel) of lemon or lime.
The Whiskey & Soda (often called Scotch & Soda) was one of Hemingway’s favorite drinks, mentioned more times than any other.
“Only suckers worry. But he can knock the worry if he takes a Scotch and soda. The hell with what the doctor says. So he rings for one and the steward comes sleepily, and as he drinks it, the speculator is not a sucker now; except for death.”
To Have and Have Not
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Mint Simple Syrup
Refrigerated, the syrup will last for months.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 bunch fresh mint (about 1 cup, packed), preferably spearmint
Instructions
- Combine 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a saucepan. Place over high heat and bring to a boil, stirring the mixture to dissolve the sugar. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add washed mint (still on the stem, just stir it all in). Set aside for 24 hours. Strain the mixture into a jar and discard the mint.
(Source: pixelatedcrumb.com)
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The New York Sour
Combine 2 ounces rye or bourbon whiskey, 1 ounce fresh lemon juice, and 1 ounce simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, cover, and shake until outside of shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice. Gently pour 1/2 ounce fruity red wine (such as Shiraz or Malbec) over the back of a spoon held just above the drink’s surface so wine floats on top.
(Source: bonappetit.com)
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Quote of the night
You need excellent bourbon whiskey; rye or Scotch will not do. Put half an inch of sugar in the bottom of the glass and merely dampen it with water. Next, very quickly—and here is the trick in the procedure—crush your ice, actually powder it—preferably in a towel with a wooden mallet, so quickly that it remains dry, and, slipping two sprigs of fresh mint against the inside of the glass, cram the ice in right to the brim, packing it with your hand. Finally, fill the glass, which apparently has no room left for anything else, with bourbon, the older the better, and grate a bit of nutmeg on the top. The glass will frost immediately. Then settle back in your chair for half an hour of cumulative bliss.
— Walker Percy (from Bourbon, Neat)
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Muddled Blackberry Mint Julep
Adapted from Food & Wine
*serves one1 1/2 ounces of bourbon
handful of mint leaves, plus a few for garnish
1/4 cup of blackberries, plus one for garnish
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 extra large ice cube, plus a few small ones1. Combine the bourbon, sugar, blackberries, and mint in a shaker. Thoroughly crush the blackberries and mint using a muddler. Add small ice cubes and shake well.
2. Place an extra large ice cube (we love this ice cube tray for this purpose) to a glass. Strain drink, pressing down on the solids, and pour over the ice cube. Garnish with a blackberry and a few fresh mint leaves.Musical Pairings: Psychic Ills – One Track Mind + Muddled Blackberry Mint Julep
(Source: turntablekitchen.com)
