Gold Rush
ClassicIBA OfficialBourbon and honey, three ingredients deep.
RichClassicRefreshingAfter Dinner
3 minEasyBalanced
Round and glowing. Bourbon's vanilla and oak meet bright lemon, with honey's floral depth knitting the whole thing together.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 0.75 oz Honey Syrup
- Lemon twist · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the bourbon, lemon juice, and honey syrup to a shaker with ice.
- 2
Shake until well-chilled.
- 3
Strain over one large cube in a rocks glass.
- 4
Express a lemon twist over the top and drop it in.
The Story
A modern classic minted in the early 2000s at Milk & Honey in New York, credited to bartender T.J. Siegal. It's a Whiskey Sour with honey syrup standing in for simple — a tiny substitution that turned out rich enough to become a new standard in its own right.
Glass · Rocks glassGarnish · Lemon twist
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