Classic WHiskey Smash

Submitted by KathyP53

"Better than a whiskey sour, in my opinion! So refreshing! From Bon Appetit magazine. Can also be made with gin, vodka, or rum."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 1 cocktail

ingredients

• 7 fresh mint leaves
• 1⁄2 lemon, quartered lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon simple syrup
• 1⁄4 cup Bourbon

directions

1. Using a cocktail muddler, or the handle of a wooden spoon, mash mint leave, lemon half, and simple syrup together in a 16 oz. mixing glass, or a cocktail shaker, 4-5 times just to release juices and oils. Add bourbon.
2. Transfer to an Old Fashioned glass. Fill halfway with crushed ice, stir, then mound more crushed ice on top. Garnish with more mint leaves.