Kentucky Tea

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon whiskey
3⁄4 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 oz Thomas Henry Ginger Ale
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger ale.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Citrusy whiskey and ginger.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Kentucky Tea contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 13.44% alc./vol. (13.44° proof)
  • 21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Brandon H’s Avatar Brandon H
29th March 2024 at 20:52
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.
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Robert Timmins’ Avatar Robert Timmins
7th September 2023 at 20:59
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.
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Chris Lovett’s Avatar Chris Lovett
12th July 2022 at 04:25
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.
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John Iwanczuk ’s Avatar John Iwanczuk
27th March 2022 at 00:32
Very tasty! BUT follow the instructions carefully….. putting the ginger beer in with the other ingredients and shaking…. well…. ?
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