COCKTAIL TIME!
From the Barrel to the Bar: Bourbon-First Cocktails
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Wheater’s Select Bourbon
- 8–10 mint leaves
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Crushed ice
- Optional: Watermelon juice
- Mint sprig
- Small watermelon wedge or ribbon
- In a shaker, combine bourbon, fresh watermelon juice or purée, lime juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake well and strain over crushed ice in a julep cup.
- Top with additional crushed ice to mound over the top.
- Garnish with a mint sprig and a small piece of watermelon.
Watermelon Crush
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Legacy Series Bourbon
- 1 sugar cube
- 2–3 dashes Angostura bitters
- Orange peel
- Orange twist
- Maraschino cherry (on a cocktail pick)
- In a mixing glass, add sugar cube (or ½ tsp simple syrup) and 2–3 dashes of Angostura bitters.
- Muddle until the sugar is dissolved.
- Add bourbon and fill the glass with ice.
- Stir until well-chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
- Garnish with an orange twist and a cherry.
classic old fashioned
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Legacy Series Bourbon
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 1 oz fruity red wine, such as Zinfandel or Gamay
- 1 strip lemon zest
- None (traditionally un-garnished, but optional lemon twist or cherry can be added)
- In a shaker, combine bourbon, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup.
- Add ice and shake well.
- Strain into a rocks or coupe glass (neat or over ice).
- Gently float red wine (dry, like a Shiraz or Malbec) over the back of a spoon to create a layered effect.
New York Sour
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Speakeasy Preferred Bourbon
- 2 oz grapefruit juice
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Grapefruit wedge
- In a shaker, combine bourbon, fresh grapefruit juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.
- Add ice and shake briefly.
- Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
- Top with club soda (or grapefruit soda for a sweeter version).
- Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Bourbon Paloma
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Wheater’s Select Bourbon
- 4 blackberries
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Fresh blackberries
- Lemon wheel or wedge (optional)
- Paper straw (for a summery touch)
- In a shaker, muddle a few blackberries with lemon juice and simple syrup.
- Add bourbon and ice, then shake well.
- Strain into a tall glass filled with ice.
- Top with a splash of club soda or water (optional, for balance).
- Garnish with whole blackberries and a straw.
Blackberry Bourbon Lemonade
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Speakeasy Preferred Bourbon
- 1 oz peach purée or peach schnapps
- 4 oz chilled sweet tea
- 1/4 oz lemon juice
- Mint sprig
- Peach slice
- In a shaker or glass, combine bourbon and sweet tea.
- Add a splash of fresh lemon juice for brightness (optional).
- Stir gently and pour over ice in a mason jar or highball glass.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.
Peach Bourbon sweet tea
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Wheater’s Select Bourbon
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes chocolate bitters
- Optional: 1 bar spoon crème de cacao
- Luxardo cherry or brandied cherry
- Optional: Shaved dark chocolate or a chocolate-dipped rim for flair
- Add bourbon, sweet vermouth, chocolate bitters, and crème de cacao (if using) into a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir well for 20–30 seconds until chilled and properly diluted.
- Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass.
- Garnish with a Luxardo cherry on a pick, and/or add shaved chocolate on top or a rimmed edge for extra wow factor.
Chocolate Manhattan
Ingredients
- 2 oz Broadstreet Infamous Legacy Series Bourbon
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Club soda (to top)
- Lemon wheel
- Maraschino cherry
- Add bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker filled with ice.
- Shake well and strain into a Collins glass filled with ice.
- Top with club soda.
- Garnish with a lemon wheel and cherry.
