| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Active: | 10 min |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 8 ounces fresh raspberries, 6 reserved for garnish
- Ice
- 2.5 ounces (5 tablespoons) bourbon, such as Bulleit Bourbon
- 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) lemon juice, chilled
Instructions
- Make the raspberry syrup: In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water and raspberries. Bring to a simmer and then remove from the heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Strain the syrup, pushing the pulp of the berries through but leaving behind the seeds. Discard the seeds. Chill the syrup at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours.
- Get ready: Prepare a cocktail shaker with a fitted lid. On 2 small cocktail skewers, skewer 3 raspberries on each and set aside.
- Make the cocktail: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the bourbon, lemon juice and 4 ounces of the raspberry syrup. Shake until chilled.
- Serve: Add a few ice cubes into two glasses and pour half of the cocktail into each. Garnish with the raspberry skewers.
Reviews
Superb!!!!!!
This drink is delicious. A little sweet but delicious. Barely taste the bourbon so I might tweak the proportions next time
Unbelievably delicious and well balanced. Our new favorite cocktail!
My favorite!
So good! It was very sweet but balanced out the bourbon. Maybe next time will try with a little less sugar
Loved this!
We LOVED it !!! Made this for 4th of July Holiday and was amazing…. Thanks!!!
Oh wow, summer in a glass! My go to is a whiskey sour but this is dangerous it’s so good!!!
Delicious! I used a smidgen less sugar in the syrup. I also changed the proportions a bit for one drink – 2 ounces of simple syrup, 2 ounces of lemon juice, 1.5 ounces of bourbon.
Really refreshing cocktail for a hot summer day.