Sunday, January 28, 2018

The American Goldfinch – a cocktail recipe by Michelle Hartsell Cocktail Engineer

This being winter, the warming cocktails are more on my mind.  So Kentucky bourbon it is!  This is a nice and simple cocktail that you can enjoy while watching an early winter sunset or admiring your first lily bloom of the season.  In this cocktail I used a small batch bourbon called "Bird Dog".  I have to admit, I tried it because I love bird dogs and the dog on the label reminded me of my German Shorthaired Pointer a bit.  To my delight, it turned out to be a lovely bourbon that I plan to keep in the barmoire cabinet for cool night nips.

To build this cocktail with a shaker 1/3 filled with cracked ice add:

4.5 oz good quality bourbon
1.5 oz Dry Curacao (I used Pierre Ferrand)
1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
4 oz apple juice (I used an organic Gravenstein juice)

Rub the inside rim of two cocktail glasses w/pinched lemon rind.  Rim w/brown sugar.  Shake and strain into cocktail glasses.  Makes two drinks.

Cheers!

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