Best Gold Rush Cocktail Recipes

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GOLD RUSH COCKTAIL



Gold Rush Cocktail image

Provided by Geoffrey Zakarian

Categories     beverage

Time 35m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 4

2/3 cup honey
1 cup bourbon, such as Elijah Craig
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
4 sprigs fresh mint, for garnish

Steps:

  • For the honey syrup: In a small saucepan, heat the honey with 1/3 cup water until it just comes to a simmer. Cool completely.
  • For the gold rush cocktail: Place 1 large ice cube in each of 4 rocks glasses. Combine the bourbon and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with 1/2 cup honey syrup and some ice. Shake and strain into the glasses, garnish with the mint and serve.

GOLD RUSH



Gold Rush image

This bourbon cocktail is a variation on the whiskey sour, shaken with honey for sweetness.

Provided by Chris Morocco

Categories     Bon Appétit     Cocktail     Bourbon     Honey     Lemon Juice     Summer     Fall

Number Of Ingredients 3

2 oz. bourbon (we recommend Angel's Envy Port-Finished Bourbon)
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
¾ oz. honey

Steps:

  • Combine bourbon, lemon juice, and honey in a cocktail shaker. Fill shaker with ice, cover, and shake very vigorously to help dissolve honey until outside of shaker is very cold, about 20 seconds.
  • Strain cocktail through a Hawthorne strainer or a slotted spoon into an old-fashioned or rocks glass with 1 large ice cube or several smaller ones.

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