Name: Kentucky Tea
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 60 ml Ginger ale

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

3/4 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger ale.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Kentucky Tea contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
13.44% alc./vol. (26.88° proof)
23.1 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Juniper Lately 10w

In the spirit of the previous comments… I substituted Irish whiskey (Black Bush) for bourbon (I’m in Canada… still no bourbon here 😢) and I read this wrong and used ginger beer… did use some sugar syrup. Still delicious. Perhaps my version should be called Kerry Derby? Kerry Derry?

OodelallyGolly 23w

No need to shake, just stir.
Drop the sugar; it masks the flavors. If you want it sweeter, add more ginger ale.

Benjamin Kay 38w

Depending on your Ginger ale (I use Schweppes) , I agree with everyone here lower or scratch the sweetener completely, up the lime juice by 5ml. Good stuff, very refreshing!

Brandon H 2y

I found a 2:1:1:3 ratio of bourbon, triple sec, lemon juice, and Vernor's ginger ale (omitting syrup entirely) was sufficiently sweet without being overpoweringly so.

Robert Timmins 2y

Really nice summer drink. To make use of ingredients on hand, and to boost the ginger component, I used 2 oz Bulleit "95" rye, dropped the syrup, and added 1 oz Barrow's Intense Ginger. This was really good even without any ginger ale. Add ginger ale to make it sweeter and easier to chug down in a one-er.

Chris Lovett 4y

Drop the added sugar but use limeade instead of lime juice and fill your tall glass with Bundaberg Ginger Ale (which is already loaded with sugar) and you have a really delicious drink.