The Waysider

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
5 fresh Mint leaves
1 2⁄3 oz Bourbon whiskey
0.42 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
5⁄6 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 oz Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Mint sprigs bouquet

How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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

A cross between a bourbon-based Southside and a bourbon mule. Packs a gingery bourbon punch.

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Jose Cruz’s Avatar Jose Cruz
5th June 2024 at 03:17
Great Mix ! Hey difford, on the video they mention to stir after topoff ! Best use of bourbon yet ! ... or maybe is all that mint and lime and high quality ginger beer... we will never know.
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Peter McCarthy’s Avatar Peter McCarthy
27th February 2024 at 03:33
Tasty! Nice to find an uncommon cocktail that uses ginger beer. I feel like the Bourbon got a little lost in the mix, so might need to try it with a bit more, or a different Bourbon (only have Yellowstone Select right now). (I also converted rich syrup to simple syrup, so it's possible the extra water content diluted things too much...)
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