Gnarly Smash
When Summer brings the heat and the amazing fresh produce, a Bourbon Smash is the move. This strawberry and Cynar-kissed version is complex yet crushable.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon
- .5 oz Cynar
- .25 oz Simple Syrup
- 1 Strawberry
- 3 d New Orleans Bitters
In a rocks glass, muddle strawberry and all ingredients. muddle strawberry, add all ingredients and stir with pebble ice. Garnish with mint sprig.
Add pebble ice and stir briefly to chill and incorporate.
Add additional mounded ice on top. Garnish with a mint sprig.
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