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Whiskey Smash
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Ingredients
½
lemon, cut into quarters
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2-3
fresh mint leaves
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¾ oz
simple syrup
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2 oz
Maker’s Mark bourbon
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Sprig of fresh mint
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Lemon wheel, for garnish
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I created this whiskey smash recipe for the opening menu of Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain in 2005.

Directions

  1. Muddle the lemon, mint leaves, and simple syrup in the bottom of a Boston shaker glass. Add the bourbon and ice cubes and shake well. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with the mint sprig and lemon wheel.

Reprinted with permission from The New Craft of the Cocktail by Dale DeGroff copyright © 2020. Photographs by Daniel Krieger. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.