Sweet Life Disclosure: This is a sponsored post with Four Roses Bourbon in celebration of Down & Derby the 2016 Kentucky Derby. Thank you for supporting the brands Sweet Life collaborates with to bring you exciting new cocktails.
Honey Smash
The first Saturday of May brings us the two-week long Kentucky Derby festival. I along with thousands others will be cheering on the jockeys, all while sipping on amazing bourbon cocktails.
Perfect weekend.
When Four Roses Bourbon asked me to share the cocktail that I would be enjoying while I watched all the excitement unfolding I instantly thought of honey.
I’ve been experimenting with honey in my cocktails lately and when I spotted the honey smash on the Four Roses Bourbon website I knew I had to give it a try, plus bourbon makes me smile.
A touch of honey, a squeeze of orange, bourbon and orange curacou and I’m set to kick back to enjoy the excitement of the Kentucky Derby Races. I garnished my cocktail with a tiny dose of finely ground bee pollen, which adds another subtle note/texture of honey to this cocktail. It’s heavenly!
¡Salud!
Honey Smash Bourbon Cocktail
- 1 1/2 ounce Four Roses Yellow bourbon
- 1/2 ounce Orange Curacou
- 1/2 ounce honey
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 teaspoon bee pollen finely ground
- Orange slices
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Thinly slice half and orange and squeeze other half.
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To a cocktail shaker filled with ice add bourbon, curacou, honey and orange juice.
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Shake vigorously.
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Strain into a glass filled with ice, garnish with orange slice and finely ground bee pollen.
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