Home Cocktail Prep List: THE 4 MOST POPULAR KENTUCKY BOURBON COCKTAILS: • Old Fashioned (bittered sling style) – The original cocktail! No muddled fruit here, we’re going to make this classic 1800s style with just 3 (maybe 4) ingredients. • Mint Julep (the most commonly improperly prepared drink) – Once upon a time, this was the breakfast of choice of much of Virginia, Kentucky PREPARING FOR YOUR EVENT: and the surrounding states. • Make sure you have have at least one bottle But mint is delicate and has of bourbon to be respected to make this • Make sure you have all the ingredients drink properly (and properly outlined for each recipe. delicious). • Collect your glassware & bar tools before the event. We have a list of common • Whiskey Sour – A true alternatives so you shouldn’t have to buy a sour uses fresh citrus juice lot here. and egg white and has a light and foamy texture. It KITCHEN ALTERNATIVES TO takes two shakes to make COMMON BAR TOOLS: properly. (You can skip the • Cocktail shaker: Mason jar, coffee travel egg white or substitute with mug with a good seal or protein shaker. pasteurized egg whites from • Muddler: Wooden spoon. a carton or the liquid from a • Jigger: Set of teaspoons. can of chickpeas.) • Strainer alternatives: large metal spoon, metal coffee filter for a fine mesh strainer • Manhattan – Popularized by Frank Sinatra, of any type. a correctly made Manhattan has no cherry juice and utilizes a long, Ingredients for all cocktails: slow stirring technique to • Bottle of bourbon of your choice integrate the vermouth • Sugar (typically about 1/4 cup for three with the other ingredients. drinks) Properly made, this is long, • Water slow sipping cocktail with a • Lots of ice! rich and silky mouthfeel and balanced flavors. DD II MM SS OO TTII CC LLLL GG.. DISTILLED-LIVING.COM EEDD--LLIIVVIINN Old Fashioned (Bittered Sling Style) Tools Recipe: Traditional BIG (Build-in-Glass) Style • Old Fashioned glasses (or tumbler or rocks glass) • In glass, dissolve sugar in water. • Cocktail barspoon (or other long, thin spoon) • Fill with hard ice • Jigger (or set of spoon measures) • add 2 dashes bitters • Peeler (or small knife) • 2 oz whiskey • Stir briefly Ingredients • Optionally twist lemon zest and drop in. • Hard ice • Enjoy! • 1 t sugar • 1 t water We’ll be building this in reverse order to • 2 dashes demonstrate cocktail construction theory and Angostura (or show how cocktails are built from spirit + sweet other) bitters + contrast + accent! • 2 oz. Bourbon or rye of choice • Lemon, optional • Orange, optional • Cocktail cherry, optional The Perfect Mint Julep Tools Recipe: • Julep cup, the fancier the better • Remove • Lewis bag + mallet (or crushed ice from your lower leaves refrigerator or Sonic, whatever’s easiest) from mint • Large spoon sprig and • Cocktail barspoon (or other long, thin spoon) gently roll • Jigger (or set of spoon measures) around the • Straw (or julep strainer, if you want to be inside of historically accurate) the julep cup, starting at the bottom and • Cutting board with liquid groove, optional finishing at the lip; • Discard the leaves. Ingredients • Completely fill julep cup with crushed ice. • 1 large sprig of fresh mint (try to find a softer • Add 1 oz simple syrup mint like KY Colonel or spearmint instead of a • And 2-3 oz whiskey harsher mint like peppermint) • Stir until cup frosts. Slap mint and insert. • 1 oz simple syrup • Serve with straw or julep strainer. • 2-3 oz whiskey • Ice D I M S O T I C L L G . DISTILLED-LIVING.COM E D - L I V I N Whiskey Sour Tools Recipe: • Old Fashioned glass (or tumbler or rocks • Fill small part of shaker with ice. glass) • Add 1 oz simple syrup, juice of half a lemon • Cocktail shaker (or quart-sized glass canning • And 2 oz whiskey jar, preferably with two-part lid) • Shake vigorously • Hawthorne strainer • Optionally, strain • Fine mesh strainer back into small part • Jigger (or set of spoon measures) of shaker, discard • Small knife the ice, add white of • Cutting board one egg and re-shake (“dry” shake). Ingredients • Double-strain • Hard ice (Hawthorne + fine • 1 oz simple syrup mesh) into glass • Juice of half a lemon (~ 1 oz) filled with fresh ice. • 2 oz whiskey • Garnish with lemon • Egg, optional wheel or wedge and serve. Manhattan Tools • Cocktail cherry (get a real • Martini glass (or coupe glass, one like Jack Rudy, Bada if you want to go more Bing, Luxardo, or Woodford modern) Reserve) • Cocktail mixing/stirring glass Recipe: (or large bar glass or canning • Fill serving glass with ice to jar) pre-chill. • Cocktail barspoon (or other • Fill mixing glass with ice long, thin spoon) • Add 2 dashes Angostura • Jigger (or set of spoon bitters, 1 oz sweet vermouth measures) and 2 oz whiskey. • Julep or Hawthorne strainer • Stir gently for 60 – 90 (if not using a canning jar) seconds. • Discard ice from serving Ingredients glass, strain cocktail into • Hard ice serving glass, • 2 dashes Angostura bitters • Garnish with cherry and • 1 oz sweet vermouth (get a serve. good one like Carpano Antica Formula) • 2 oz whiskey, preferably rye- heavy D I M S O T I C L L G . DISTILLED-LIVING.COM E D - L I V I N Mocktail Sazerac #2 Tools Recipe: • Coupe or Martini Glass • Pre-chill coupe glass • Mixing Glass & bar spoon (add ice to empty glass) • Hawthorne strainer • In mixing glass stir • Fine mesh strainer together over ice: • Jigger (or set of spoon measures) • Add 1/4 oz simple syrup • Small knife • Add 2 dashes bitters • Cutting board (Peychaud’s is the original, but we used Ingredients Angostura) • 1/4 oz simple syrup • Add 2 oz fennel-infused • 2 dashes bitters (Peychaud’s is the original, tea but we have used Angostura as well) • Add Lemon zest • 2 oz fennel-infused tea • Stir until chilled and • Lemon zest integrated Prepare tea: brew strong black tea (we used • Empty ice from coupe glass Elmwood Inn’s Southern Pecan), remove leaves • Strain into glass and add fresh-crushed fennel seeds. Allow to • Serve & enjoy! cool and remove seeds. Mocktail Mint Julep Tools Ingredients • Julep cup, the • Hard ice fancier the • 1 oz simple syrup better • 2 oz black tea (brewed and cooled) • Lewis bag • Vanilla extract + mallet (or • 1 Orange crushed ice • Mint sprigs from your refrigerator or Recipe: Sonic, whatever’s • Strip 5-6 lower leaves from mint sprig. Rub easiest) leaves gently inside the julep cup, starting • Large spoon at the bottom and working up to the lip. • Cocktail Discard the leaves. barspoon • Fill the cup with crushed ice to overflowing. • Jigger (or set of • Add dash vanilla extract spoon measures) • Add short squeeze fresh orange juice • Straw (or • Add 1 oz simple syrup julep strainer, if you want to be historically • Add 2 oz black tea (brewed and cooled) accurate) • Stir gently to combine. • Cutting board with liquid groove, optional • Slap mint leaves and insert sprig into cup. • Garnish with orange slice, straw and serve. D I M S O T I C L L G . DISTILLED-LIVING.COM E D - L I V I N.