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Reindeer Recipes is a tour with your favorite bloggers…..we will share our prized holiday recipes, decor, and entertaining techniques!
Today, each of us are sharing our favorite Christmas beverages or beverage serving ideas. I can’t wait to share my new favorite cocktail with you! It’s a…
Earlier this fall, I spent an amazing 48 Hours in Kansas City and stayed The Hilton President Hotel. I am a history buff, so of course I wandered downstairs to the hotel’s famed Drum Room where Frank Sinatra and Glenn Miller frequented back in the day. It was tiny, retro, and it was PERFECT. The bartender made me a bourbon craft cocktail that was delicious! Truth be told, I do not drink spirits very often….bourbon tastings at the distillery.. yes. Actually having a cocktail with bourbon, no. However, after having the Drum Room cocktail, I have a new appreciation for bourbon cocktails!
The cocktail was seemed simple: good bourbon, blackberry’s and lemon juice. There might have been more (or less!) ingredients in the original, but my version is pretty darn close! Not only was the cocktail smooth and refreshing, the brilliant, jeweled color dazzles during the holidays!
When setting out to recreate my version, I purchased frozen blackberries.
How pretty are these?!? They are plump and pretty – great for garnishing!
First, muddle a few blackberries in the bottom of a cocktail glass. Then, mix the bourbon and sweetened lemon juice in a cocktail shaker, and finally, pour over crushed ice. Garnish as desired! Enjoy!
Merry Christmas!
Make sure you run over and see my friend Tamrya at Positively Southern! She’s the next blogger in our Reindeer Recipe blog hop!
Are you a Clark Griswold? Do you like to see it all right now??? Here ya go:
Tamrya at Positively Southern
Shelly at ConfettiStyle
Marsha at MJonesStyle
Gwynn at Swirls of Flavor
Lisa at Cluttercafe
Pat at Life At Lydia’s House
Brittany at Brittany’s Pantry
Kentucky Bourbon Blackberry Cocktail
Ingredients
- 4 ounces lemon juice
- 3 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 4 ounces chilled water
- 5 ounces bourbon
- 10 blackberries
- crushed ice
Instructions
- Place 5 blackberries in the bottom of two cocktail glasses. Muddle slightly.
- In a cocktail shaker, mix lemon juice and sugar. Shake until mixed. Add bourbon and ice. Shake.
- Strain bourbon cocktail into prepared cocktail glasses. Add additional ice if desired. Garnish with blackberries.
My son-in-law LOVES his bourbon. Putting this in the recipe file for him!
Thanks a bunch, Cathy! He will love this if he likes bourbon! 🙂