I’m a big fan of bourbon. The “bourbon sour” is pretty much my go-to cocktail when I’m too tired to think creatively. If the cocktail waitress asks me what I want and I draw a blank, a little voice at the back of my head mumbles “bourbon sour” (and then goes back to sleep). The poor little voice could probably do with adding a couple of additional bourbon drinks to its repertoire, so I’m always on the hunt for simple, easy-to-make bourbon recipes.

So that’s how I came across this one, which is a little different than a bourbon sour – but still simple and interesting at the same time. It’s called a Goldrush, and believe it or not, I found the recipe in one of those airplane magazines they stuff in the seat pockets just a couple of days ago. I forget which hotel was credited as creating this (if you know, yell!) but it was simple enough to memorize and when I got home I gave it a whirl. Pretty tasty!

The Goldrush

3/4 oz of fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz of honey syrup (combine 3 parts honey with 1 part warm water, stir, and keep in the fridge for cocktails)
2 oz bourbon

Shake over ice, decant into rocks glass filled with fresh ice. Enjoy!

Cheers,
JJ.

We did this one for our second episode and YES, I KNOW. This is NOT the classic recipe. It’s not even close. It was episode two. I mean, come on. Bourbon? See, we had Gin, Bourbon, a great looking mug, and a convenience store downstairs. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I swear, the ghost of Trader Vic appeared later that night when I was sleeping, and he tried to kill me with a bar spoon.
Aaaanyhow!

Here’s the Tiki Bar TV Version of this classic. Which is… you know, like our show. A little screwy.

The Suffering Bastard

1 1/2 ounces Gin
1/2 ounce Bourbon
3 ounces of Ginger Ale
the juice of 1/2 a lime

Pour ingredients into a shaker, toss in some ice, swirl around with the cap off and then decant the entire thing back into your mug (which is called “rolling”, by the way). Some university kid sent me an email cursing me and my “stupid drink” because he put the cap on his shaker, and shook the shit out of it – and the thing exploded all over the dame he was trying to impress. Whoops.
So, you know, DON’T shake carbonated drinks. That’s today’s hot tip. You can have that one for free.