Strawberry Bourbon Smash • what's molly cooking?
A bourbon smash is a riff on the whiskey smash. It has four ingredients: bourbon, mint, lemon, and simple syrup. I know it sounds pretty simple, but the flavors are so complex. The vibrant infusion of fresh ingredients enhances the flavor of the bourbon. It's sweet, bold, citrusy, and so refreshing.
🍹Blackberry Bourbon Smash Cocktail Recipe🍹
Bourbon Tips. For a Bourbon Smash, since the bourbon is the FOCUS of the cocktail, you'll want to use one that has a well-balanced flavor profile with a smooth finish. The bourbon should complement the lemon and mint in the cocktail while adding depth and character. Here are a few bourbon recommendations that work well in a Bourbon Smash:
Apricot and Mint Bourbon Smash Food Duchess
Cut 1/2 medium lemon into 4 slices and place in a cocktail shaker or large mason jar with a lid. Add 5 fresh mint leaves. Muddle the mint and lemon with a muddler or wooden spoon until most of the lemon juice is released (about 1 tablespoon juice). Fill a cocktail glass with 1 cup of the crushed ice. Add 2 ounces bourbon whiskey, 1 ounce simple.
Mint Blackberry Bourbon Ginger Smash Aberdeen's Kitchen
Add the bourbon and fill the shaker with ice; using a long cocktail spoon, stir vigorously until very cold. Fill a rocks glass with ice and use a fine strainer to strain the drink into the glass. Add a splash of club soda if desired. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a sprig of fresh mint.
Strawberry Bourbon Smash r/cocktails
2 parts Basil Hayden ® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 3/4 part simple syrup 1 half lemon, cut into quarters 6 mint leaves Lemon wheel. Method. 1. Muddle lemon, mint and simple syrup in a shaker without ice. 2. Add Basil Hayden ® and ice, and shake to combine. 3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. 4. Garnish with a mint sprig and.
Mint Blackberry Bourbon Ginger Smash Aberdeen's Kitchen
8 mint leaves. ½ large lemon. Use a muddler (or the end of a wooden spoon) to crush the lemon and mint. Add the ice, and pour in the bourbon. Place the lid on the shaker and shake to combine. 2 ounces bourbon. Ice. Strain the drink into a cocktail glass over ice. Serve with a fresh mint sprig or fresh lemon wheel.
Homemade Boozy Bourbon Whiskey Smash with Lemon and Mint Stock Photo
This Bourbon Smash recipe is SO easy. All you need is 5 minutes, a muddler, and a cocktail shaker. Add lemon wedges, mint leaves, and honey to a cocktail shaker. Crush the lemon wedges and mint leaves with a muddler until the juices have rendered and the mint leaves become fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add bourbon and ice to the cocktail shaker.
Strawberry Mint Bourbon Smash Casual Foodist
Bourbon Smash Variations. Like its parents, the Whiskey Sour and Mint Julep, the Bourbon Smash is a great cocktail template full of modifying potential. You can plug in different spirits, herbs, sweeteners or add fruits like strawberry, raspberries, peach or any of the other usual suspects. Here are some of the whiskey-based Smash variations I.
Mint Blackberry Bourbon Ginger Smash Aberdeen's Kitchen
Drop three lemon wedges into a cocktail shaker and muddle until juices are released, about 10 smashes. Add the mint leaves and muddle just to release the flavor, about 8 smashes. Add bourbon and maple syrup (or simple syrup), fill shaker with ice, secure second glass or lid and shake vigorously until chilled, about 15 seconds.
Boozy Bourbon + Peach Summertime Smash Cocktail Recipe HGTV
Step by Step Directions. Place the mint and lemon in a shaker and smash using a muddler or similar tool. Add simple syrup, bourbon and ice. Shake. Strain into an ice filled glass. If desired, top with club soda. Garnish with mint and/or lemon.
Blueberry Bourbon Summer Smash
While any muddled cocktail qualifies, the classic smash drinks feature mint. Along with this whiskey smash, the brandy smash and gin smash (made with genever) were equally popular in the 1800s. Those two typically skip the lemon and use mint alone. Other spirits work in the smash recipes as well: Try it with rum for a mojito-like drink or vodka.
Raspberry Bourbon Smash Recipe Coctails recipes, Bourbon smash
But it's hard to think of a drink more refreshing than the Whiskey Smash, a fruity 19th-century cousin to the Mint Julep. The Whiskey Smash made its recipe-book debut in the 1887 edition of "The Bartenders Guide" by Jerry Thomas, though variations of this fruit-and-whiskey concoction were likely made for decades prior to this inclusion.
RASPBERRY BOURBON SMASH
Add the mint leaves, simple syrup and bourbon. Add a few ice cubes, close the lid of the shaker and shake vigorously to chill and bruise the mint leaves.*. Fill an old fashioned glass with crushed ice or a large single cube of ice. Pour the bourbon smash through a mesh strainer. Garnish with the sprig of mint.
Bourbon Peach Lemonade Smash The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
Whiskey Smash. 2 oz. bourbon. 0.75 oz. lemon juice. 0.75 oz. simple syrup. 6-8 mint leaves. 1 lemon peel, about 2" or so. Add all ingredients, including mint and lemon peel, to a shaker tin. Add.
Peach Bourbon Smash Cocktail Recipe Kiersten Hickman
Muddle lemon wedges and mint in the bottom of the serving glass. Add Bourbon, simple syrup, and ice. Swizzle or use a spoon to incorporate. Garnish. Muddle mint in the bottom of the shaker tin. Combine Bourbon, simple syrup, and lemon juice. Shake for fifteen seconds, or until the cocktail is well chilled. Double strain over fresh ice into a.
Bourbon Peach Smash
Add the bourbon and fill the shaker with ice; using a long cocktail spoon, stir vigorously until very cold. Fill a rocks glass with ice and use a fine strainer to strain the drink into the glass.
