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Bourbon Aperol Smash | A Whiskey Smash Cocktail Recipe

A delicious fruity cocktail featuring bourbon.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Bourbon Whiskey Knob Creek or Yellowstone Select preferred
  • ½ oz. Aperol
  • ½ oz. Simple Syrup
  • ½ oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • A few leaves of fresh mint
  • 2 shakes Angostura Orange Bitters

Instructions

How to Make the Simple Syrup

  • Mix equal parts Sugar and Boiling Water.  Stir until thoroughly incorporated.  Chill in refrigerator (for at least 1 hour) until ready to use.

Whiskey Smash Instructions

  • Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker without ice. Muddle to release the flavor of the mint leaves.
  • Add ice to cocktail shaker and shake hard 15-20 times.
  • Strain contents of the cocktail shaker into appropriate size glass filled with fresh ice.
  • Garnish with a Lemon Peel - twist peel over drink to express oil and lay on top of drink.