Be There in Spirit Holiday Cocktail Menu

BOURBON BARREL MICHELADA

Ingredients: (Makes 1 serving)

• Juice of 1 lime
• 1/3 cup tomato juice
• 1 teaspoon Bluegrass Soy Sauce
• 2 teaspoons Bourbon Barrel Aged Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce (or to taste)
• 12 ounces Mexican beer
• Bourbon Smoked Pepper, for garnish
• lime wedges, for garnish and rimming glass 
• Bourbon Smoked Salt, for rimming the glass

Method:
Rub the rim of a pint glass with a wedge of lime, then dip into smoked salt. Pour in the lime juice, tomato juice, soy sauce, Worcestershire and hot sauce. Stir to combine. Add ice, then slowly top off with beer. Garnish with a wedge of lime and a sprinkling of smoked pepper.

SPICED AND BUTTERED HOT CIDER AND BOURBON

• 4 cups apple cider
• 1 cup water
• 6 tbsp Bourbon Smoked Sugar
• 6 whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 5 tbsp unsalted butter chilled
• 1 1/2 cups Kentucky Bourbon
• 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon ground nutmeg for garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine first five ingredients in a large saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Cover with a lid and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
4. Add 4 tbsp of the butter to the an and bring back to a boil.
5. Remove from heat and add bourbon and lemon juice.
6. Strain cider into a large pitcher or measuring cup.
7. Cut remaining tsp. of butter into four pieces
8. Divide between four mugs or cups and add a piece of butter to each mug.

1. Garnish with a sprinkle of nutmeg and serve.
   
   
   

THE SUNRISE

Ingredients (Makes 1 cocktail)

• 1½ ounces Woodford Reserve® Distiller’s Select Bourbon
• 2 Drops Woodford Reserve® Sassafras & Sorghum Bitters
• orange juice, to fill
• 1-ounce bourbon cherry syrup (the syrup from Woodford Reserve® Bourbon Cherries)
• Woodford Reserve® Bourbon Cherries, to garnish

Method:
In a highball glass, add Woodford Reserve®, bitters, and orange juice. Finish by pouring cherry syrup in the center of the drink. Garnish with a Woodford Reserve® Bourbon Cherry.

NUTS AND BERRIES

Ingredients: (Makes 1 cocktail)

• ½ ounce Woodford Reserve® Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
• ¾ ounce pecan liqueur
• ¾ ounce Chambord®
• 4 drops Woodford Reserve® Spiced Cherry Bitters
• 1 ounce half and half

Method:
In a mixing glass, add all ingredients. Toss between glass and mixing tin 3-4 times. Pour into a highball glass and serve.

CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL VARIATION

Ingredients (Makes 1 cocktail)

• 1 ounce Woodford Reserve® Distiller’s Select Bourbon
• 1 sugar cube
• 2 drops Woodford Reserve® Spiced Cherry Bitters
• ½ ounce apricot brandy
• Prosecco or Champagne, to fill
• lemon twist, to garnish 

Method:
Place sugar cube in a champagne flute and add bitters. Add Woodford Reserve® and brandy. Top with Prosecco or Champagne and garnish with a lemon twist. Add a Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherry to garnish!

BOURBON EGGNOG

• 4 cups milk
• 5 whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 egg yolks
• 1½ cups Bourbon Smoked Sugar
• 2½ cups Kentucky Bourbon
• 4 cups light cream
• 2 teaspoons Madagascar Vanilla Extract
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, plus extra for garnishing

THE CLASSIC RYE

Ingredients: (Makes 1 cocktail)

• 2 ounces Woodford Reserve® Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
• ½ ounce raw sugar simple syrup (*see below)
• 4 drops Woodford Reserve Orange Bitters
• 1 lemon peel, to garnish
• 1 star anise, to garnish 

1. In a mixing glass, combine ingredients, add ice and stir. Strain into a highball glass. Garnish with the star anise and lightly expressed lemon peel. * Raw sugar simple syrup: combine equal amounts of raw sugar and water in a pot and bring to a light boil. Remove from heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Cool before use.

THE FIREMAN

Ingredients (Makes 1 cocktail)

• 2 ounces Woodford Reserve® Double Oak Bourbon Rinse of mezcal
• 2 drops Woodford Reserve® Aromatic Bitters
• ½ ounce Punt e Mes Sweet Vermouth 
• Woodford Reserve® Bourbon Cherries, for garnish
• ice

Method:
Rinse the inside of a cocktail or coupe glass with mezcal. In a mixing glass, add bourbon, bitters, vermouth, and ice. Stir and strain into cocktail/coupe glass. Garnish with a bourbon cherry.

BOURBON CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Ingredients (Makes 1 cocktail)

• 2 tablespoons vanilla simple syrup (see recipe)
• 2 dashes Woodford Reserve® Aromatic Bitters
• 2 ounces Kentucky Bourbon Champagne or Prosecco 
• Woodford Reserve® Bourbon Cherries, for garnish
  

• 1 cup Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon Bourbon Barrel Aged Madagascar Vanilla Extract

1) In a small saucepan, combine the vanilla sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Once dissolved, remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla. Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Syrup keeps for 1 month.

BITTERS AND SODA

Ingredients: (Makes 1 cocktail)

• 1½ ounces Woodford Reserve® Distiller’s Select Bourbon
• 4 drops Woodford Reserve® Orange Bitters
• soda water, to fill
• lemon wedge, to garnish