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Whiskey Smash
Lemon pieces and mint muddled for aroma, shaken with bourbon and poured over a glass full of crushed ice.
Classic collection version
For one serving
Ingredients
- Lemon
About half a lemon
3 wedges - Mint6 leaves
- Simple Syrup22.5 ml / 0.76 US fl oz
- Bourbon60 ml / 2.03 US fl oz
US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.
To garnishMint sprig
Make it
- Place lemon pieces, mint leaves and syrup in a shaker; muddle to release lemon juice and mint aroma.
- Pour in bourbon and shake hard with ice for about 10 seconds.
- Fill an old-fashioned glass with crushed ice and strain the drink through a fine mesh strainer into it.
- Add a mint sprig.
Behind the drink
Jerry Thomas's 1862 guide called it a “julep on a small plan.” Today's popular muddled-lemon method comes from bartender Dale DeGroff.