Tag: Bourbon

Mint Julep

(aka The Bourbon Slushy) Great for really hot days on the porch. Put a few mint leaves in a julep cup with a 1/2 oz of simple syrup and muddle well. Pack cup with crushed ice and add 2 oz of bourbon. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Side Car

This is good with bourbon, not sure about the rest. Makes 2: Mix in a shaker, pour into a martini glass or small rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon or orange twist. If you’re feeling fancy, you cant try a caramelized orange wheel, see recipe here: Carmelized Orange Slices.

Rosemary Bourbon Maple Sour

This is a favourite. It’s the closest that I’ve been able to come to a cocktail that one of the local restaurants had that has unfortunately gone away. It’s good. Makes 2: Add all ingredients (except the garnish) to a mixing jug and stir well to mix. Pour over ice (a single large cube if […]

Paper Plane

This is a favourite. Makes 2: Mix in a shaker, then pour into a martini glass. So good. It’s equal parts of each ingredient, so you can scale this up to however many you want to make at once.

Grand Manhattan

Ya, so this is one of those fancy martinis that were all the rage that one time. It’s got a lot more orange flavour to it, for sure. Makes 2: Mix together in a shaker, then pour into a martini glass. Garnish with a carmelized orange wheel, see: Carmelized Orange Slices.

Port Old Fashioned

This is an old fashioned, but with a twist. So it’s a newfangled. Makes 2: Add spirits, bitter, etc over ice in a mixing jug. Stir, Pour over ice in a rocks glass. To be completely obnoxious, use one giant ice cube in the rocks glass.