Kentucky Buck

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Serve in

Collins glass...
1 fresh Small ripe strawberries (hulled)
2 fl oz Bourbon whiskey
¾ fl oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
¼ fl oz Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Top up with Three Cents Ginger Beer
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How to make:

MUDDLE strawberry in base of shaker. Add next 4 ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger beer.

Garnish:

Lemon slice & strawberry slice

Comment:

A tall, strawberry influenced bourbon sour with a subtle spicy hint of ginger.

About:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2009 by Erick Castro at Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco, USA.

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