Bourbon Sours Food

FRESH WHISKEY SOURS

Steps:

• Combine the bourbon, lemon juice, lime juice, and syrup in a pitcher. Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full with ice and fill halfway full with the cocktail mixture. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into a martini glass. Repeat as needed. Serve each drink ice cold with a skewer of cherries.
• In a small bowl, combine the 1/2 cup dried cherries with 4 ounces of bourbon and microwave on high for 60 seconds. Set aside to cool. Thread 3 or 4 marinated cherries onto small skewers.

RASPBERRY BOURBON SOUR

Steps:

• Make the raspberry syrup: In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water and raspberries. Bring to a simmer and then remove from the heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Strain the syrup, pushing the pulp of the berries through but leaving behind the seeds. Discard the seeds. Chill the syrup at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours.
• Get ready: Prepare a cocktail shaker with a fitted lid. On 2 small cocktail skewers, skewer 3 raspberries on each and set aside.
• Make the cocktail: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the bourbon, lemon juice and 4 ounces of the raspberry syrup. Shake until chilled.
• Serve: Add a few ice cubes into two glasses and pour half of the cocktail into each. Garnish with the raspberry skewers.

CHERRY-BOURBON SOUR

Steps:

• Shake the bourbon, cherry juice, amaretto, lemon juice and simple syrup in a shaker with ice. Strain into an ice-filled glass.

BOURBON SOUR

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the simple syrup cool to room temperature.
• Muddle half of the maraschino cherries and orange slices with the simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add the bourbon and lemon juice. Fill the shaker halfway with ice and shake well. Strain into four rocks glasses filled with ice. Garnish each glass with a maraschino and an orange slice.

BLACKBERRY-BOURBON SOURS

Steps:

• Whisk together preserves and hot water in a glass pitcher until preserves are dissolved. Whisk in bourbon, powdered sugar, and lemon juice.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add 1/3 of bourbon mixture; cover with lid and shake until thoroughly chilled. Pour over ice into two 8-12 oz. glasses. Repeat with remaining bourbon mixture. Garnish with fresh blackberries and mint leaves.

PEACH-BOURBON SOURS

Steps:

• Whisk together peach preserves and hot water in a glass pitcher until preserves are dissolved. Whisk in bourbon and lemon juice.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add one-third of bourbon mixture; cover with lid, and shake until throughly chilled. Pour over ice into 2 (8-12oz) glasses. Repeat procedure with remaining bourbon mixture. Garnish, if desired. Serve drinks immediately.
• Quick Ideas: Add garnishes to match or complement the preserves flavor you choose. Fresh blackberries and mint sprigs look great on glasses of Blackberry-Bourbon Sours, while lemon and kiwifruit slices are fancy touches to Ginger-Bourbon Cocktails.

ORANGE BOURBON SOURS

Steps:

• Combine juices, sugar, borbon and stir or shake until sugar is completely dissolved.
• Pour drink over chipped ice and garnish with orange slices.
• NOTE: This drink can be made in a blender with a couple of ice cubes.