Name: Kentucky Muffin
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Blueberries (fresh); 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Apple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Kentucky Muffin
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
12 fresh	Blueberries (fresh)
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered blueberries (or blackberries).

How to make:

MUDDLE blueberries in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered blueberries (or blackberries).
Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Blueberries, lime and apple combine with and are fortified by bourbon.

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Variant:

Reduce sugar syrup to 10ml (1/3oz) and serve over cubed rather than crushed ice.

History:

Created in 2000 at Mash, London, England.

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Andre Derailleur

14th August at 10:23

The combination of lime and apple juice doesn’t seem to balance properly. I tried subbing lemon juice and no apple. Then I loved it. To me lemon is much better with bourbon than lime, but soft fruits enhance bourbon so overall it’s great.

Alex Powell

9th September 2023 at 19:59

Was requested 'something with blueberries' ended up freestyling based on this with bourbon & rye 2:1, no apple, a few bar spoons of blueberry compote, addition of lemon as well as lime juice, a bit more syrup and light bar spoon of Benedictine. Prepped and served per recipe with a twist of lemon. No idea if this makes sense to anyone else but it came out pretty good.

Sandi Simos

18th September 2022 at 00:11

I will admit we used a couple minor modifications, but we really enjoyed this drink. I had apple cider vs juice, and we went a little light on the sugar syrup.

Simon Difford

19th September 2022 at 17:00

Agreed. If you are serving over cubed ice better with less sugar - I've added a note above.

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