Christmas in Kentucky

Name: Christmas in Kentucky
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Overproof Bourbon, Knob Creek Knob Creek; 45 ml Grapefruit Juice; 15 ml Lime Juice; 30 ml Aperol

Aperol, grapefruit juice and lime juice are shaken with overproof Knob Creek bourbon for a tart, citrus-led drink with a bitter-orange edge. Created by Alice Fay and Stefan Jarausch in 2012.

Alice Fay and Stefan Jarausch, executive chef at the Oak Long Bar, devised the Christmas in Kentucky in 2012. It was the starting point for the Cynar-based Bardstown served at the Oak Long Bar + Kitchen in the Fairmont Copley in Boston.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Floral

Sour