Name: Kentucky Buck
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fresh; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 75 ml Ginger beer

Ingredients

1 fresh

Strawberries (hulled, small & ripe)

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

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

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Beer (chilled)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel and strawberry slice.

Method

MUDDLE strawberry in base of shaker.

Add next 4 ingredients and SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

TOP with ginger beer and briefly stir.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon and strawberry slices.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 4w

I've made this several times over the last 5+ years and it seems it can't go wrong in spite of my endless tweaks. Muddling a strawberry is fine for show, but cutting out the fruit and sugar syrup in favor of 15 ml of rich strawberry syrup would be my go to. Dare I say this needs a tsp of shrub or balsamic vinegar to propel it to its apex.

Michael Westen 7w

Very tasty! Bourbon, bitters, and ginger beer make for a broad range of flavors beyond the fruit, though not so "whiskey" to be an after dinner drink, to my taste. Richer than a Courtside or other strawberry smashes I've had. Perfect for a warmer day in the sunshine.

Chris Dimal 3y

A ripping crowd pleaser! I feel like the corn, pepper and charcoal sort of (to me at least) notes of the Bourbon work strangely well with fruity strawberry, with lemon providing suitable acidity, concluding with a satisfying ginger finish. I actually used ginger syrup + soda instead of ginger beer, adhering to the original recipe, because I had no ginger beer to hand.

Johan Alexandersson 3y

Lacking strawberries I used cloudberries!! What a match!

Ken Boone 3y

I just tried a strawberry and cloudberry version side by side. I preferred the cloudberry one. Great call!

Andre Derailleur Premium Member 4y

Bourbon seems to go so well with soft fruits. I am all for having this as just a sour without the ginger beer, and perhaps with maple syrup instead of sugar syrup. I have had this named as "Kentucky Kiss". Is that a cocktail you would recognise?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Checking cocktail Finder, I’ve found a Bourbon Blush with strawberries, bourbon, crème de framboise and maple syrup.

Elisabeth Feltaous 4y

absolutely delicious. strawberry on the nose, with a ginger finish.

David Dillon 5y

Very tasty! Substituted pineapple for lack of strawberries and used Q instead of Fevertree ginger beer. The balance of fruit and bourbon on the opening from the bitters carries through to a ginger finish which is tight and satisfying and not abrasive as ginger beer aftertaste can be.