The Wild Wild Turkey

Come on, you knew this one was coming!  Yes, in keeping with the U.S.A. tradition of Thanksgiving and the ubiquitous Turkey entree, we have to have a cocktail that celebrates the fowl part of the holiday.  Therefore, this cocktail will use the good-olde-American whiskey called Wild Turkey.  It's a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey - very Old West while hailing from the East (since 1855)!

This is a sipper cocktail that is nice to have while cooking that holiday bird or dressing the tree.


To a double glass add:
2 oz of Wild Turkey Whiskey (81 proof - you have work to do!  101 proof just won't cut it...)
about a half ounce of fresh squeezed orange juice
about a half ounce of fresh squeezed lemon juice
a good squeeze of honey

Stir then garnish with orange peel and a stalk of lemon-thyme in a maraschino cherry.  Add a couple of 'ice-cubes' (the non-water kind).

That's the drink - Gobble, gobble!