National Bourbon Heritage Month is this September, folks! It's time to raise a glass to America’s native spirit. Whether you’re a bourbon connoisseur or just starting your whiskey journey, this month is your golden ticket to exploring the magic of bourbon. We’re talking classic cocktails with a twist and brand-new recipes that’ll blow your taste buds away.
National Bourbon Heritage Month is this September, folks! It's time to raise a glass to America’s native spirit. Whether you’re a bourbon connoisseur or just starting your whiskey journey, this month is your golden ticket to exploring the magic of bourbon. We’re talking classic cocktails with a twist and brand-new recipes that’ll blow your taste buds away.
The Recipe:
1 bar spoon sugar
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Few dashes water
Place sugar in a glass and add bitters. Next, add water and muddle until dissolved. Place a large ice cube in glass and add whiskey. Stir lightly to combine. Garnish with an orange peel and a cherry.
The Recipe:
1 ounce Martini Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Place a glass in the freezer to chill. In a mixing glass with ice, add bourbon, vermouth and bitters. Stir gently and strain into chilled glass. Garnish with a cherry.
The Recipe:
1 ½ ounces Zackariah Harris Bourbon Whiskey
¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
Egg white (optional)
¾ ounce simple syrup
In a shaker, add bourbon, lemon juice, egg white (if using) and simple syrup. Dry shake. Then, add ice and shake again. Strain into a glass over fresh ice and garnish with a cherry and orange wedge.
The Recipe:
¾ ounce Paolucci Amaro Ciociaro
¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
¾ ounce Aperol Aperitivo
Tiny paper plane
In a shaker with ice, add bourbon, Amaro, lemon juice and Aperol. Shake and strain into a glass. Garnish with tiny paper plane.
The Recipe:
1 ¼ ounce Cooper’s Mark Bourbon Whiskey
1 ounce Campari Aperitivo
1 ounce Martini Sweet Vermouth
Add bourbon, Campari and sweet vermouth into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled. Strain into a glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
The Recipe:
5 mint leaves
2 ounces Zackariah Harris Bourbon Whiskey
¾ ounce simple syrup
Mint sprig
In a cocktail shaker, muddle mint and lemon. Add bourbon and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into a glass over ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.
The Recipe:
2 ounces Knob Creek 9 Year Bourbon
2 ounces Montenegro Amaro
¾ ounce Martini Sweet Vermouth
¾ ounce orange bitters
3 dashes aromatic bitters
In a mixing glass, add bourbon, amaro, vermouth, orange bitters and aromatic bitters. Add ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a glass, then zest an orange peel and use an orange twist garnish on the edge of the glass.
The Recipe:
2 ounces Woodford Reserve Bourbon
¼ ounce vanilla brown sugar syrup*
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Star anise
*Vanilla Brown Sugar Syrup:
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the sugar syrup: Add sugar, water and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Cool, then transfer to a reusable container. Syrup is usable for up to 1 month if kept refrigerated.
For the cocktail: In a mixing glass, add bourbon, vanilla brown sugar syrup and both bitters. Stir until chilled. Strain in a glass with a large ice cube and garnish with an orange peel and star anise.
The Recipe:
1 ½ ounces Basil Hayden Bourbon
¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
4 blackberries
5 basil leaves
Combine bourbon, lemon juice, blackberry brandy, blackberries and four basil leaves into a cocktail shaker with ice. Hard shake and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a basil leaf.
The Recipe:
1 ounce Maker’s Mark Bourbon
1 ounce Aperol Aperitivo
½ ounce black currant syrup
Fill a glass with ice and add bourbon, Aperol and syrup. Top with Prosecco and stir. Squeeze in an orange slice and add to glass.
The Recipe:
¼ ounce honey
4 ripe blackberries
2 pinches black pepper
½ ounce fresh lemon juice
1 ½ ounces Four Roses Small Batch Kentucky Bourbon
3 ounces ginger beer
Combine honey, blackberries and black pepper in a glass and muddle. Add lemon juice, bourbon and ice. Top with ginger beer and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wedge, 3 blackberries on a cocktail pick and a sprinkle of black pepper.
