Cocktails with Bourbon

Bourbon is sweet, soft, and vanilla-forward — corn-dominant American whiskey aged in new charred oak. It anchors more American cocktails than any other spirit.

10 cocktails this bottle anchors

Old Fashioned

The original cocktail formula. Spirit, sugar, water, bitters.

Also needs

sugar · Angostura bitters · orange peel

Manhattan

2:1 bourbon to sweet vermouth, stirred, served up.

Also needs

sweet vermouth · Angostura bitters · brandied cherry

Whiskey Sour

Bourbon's brightest expression. Shaken, served up or rocks.

Also needs

fresh lemon · simple syrup · optional egg white

Mint Julep

Kentucky Derby tradition. Bourbon, mint, sugar, frost.

Also needs

fresh mint · sugar · crushed ice

Boulevardier

Negroni's whiskey-based cousin. Equal parts, stirred.

Also needs

Campari · sweet vermouth

Paper Plane

Modern classic. Equal parts, all four ingredients, shaken.

Also needs

Aperol · Amaro Nonino · fresh lemon

Gold Rush

Bourbon, honey, lemon. Whiskey Sour with honey instead of sugar.

Also needs

honey syrup · fresh lemon

New York Sour

Whiskey Sour with a 0.5 oz red wine float on top.

Also needs

fresh lemon · simple syrup · red wine float

Bourbon Sidecar

Bourbon-substituted Sidecar. Sweeter than the cognac original.

Also needs

Cointreau · fresh lemon

Smoked Bourbon Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned with cherrywood or applewood smoke under a glass.

Also needs

sugar · Angostura · smoking gun or smoked wood chips

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