Summertime Smash
Fort Worth’s Megan McClinton shows us how to make her berry-based cocktail, a perfect segue into the sizzling summer season.
Ingredients
- 4 or 5 berries (blackberries, raspberries, sliced strawberries, whatever is available)
- ½ ounce honey syrup (1:1 honey/water—mix on low heat to dissolve honey; refrigerate)
- ¾ ounce lemon juice
- 1¾ ounces bourbon
Directions
- Muddle berries and honey syrup in the bottom of a rocks glass.
- Add lemon juice and bourbon, cover with crushed ice, and stir (slightly lifting ingredients to mix).
- Garnish can vary: use fresh mint if available, or add some additional berries or a lemon wheel.