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Bourbon Jewell
2 ounces First West Small Batch Bourbon
1 sugar cube
3 dashes Agnostura bitters
1 teaspoon water
Orange twist for garnish
Small but mighty Old Fashioned. Add sugar cube to mixing glass and soak with bitters, then add water and muddle until sugar is nearly dissolved. Fill mixing glass with ice, add First West Small Batch bourbon, stir until well-chilled.
Strain into rocks glass over large ice cube.
Express the oil of an orange twist over the glass, then drop into the glass to garnish.
15 STARS Sour
2 ounces 15 STARS Private Stock 8&15 Year Bourbon
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce egg white (optional)
Lemon slice for garnish
Add 15 STARS 8&15 Private Stock bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white if using, to a shaker and dry shake 30 seconds without ice. Add ice and shake again 15-20 seconds until well-chilled.
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with slice of lemon.
Kentucky Summer
2 ounces First West Extra Aged Bourbon
1 ounce sweet vermouth
2 or 3 dashes aromatic bitters
Luxardo cherries for garnish
An extra special Manhattan, perfect for summer evenings. Chill a cocktail glass. Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add First West Extra Aged Bourbon, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Stir well. Strain into the chilled glass. Garnish with cherry.
Toasted Oak Paper Plane
3/4 ounce First West Toasted Oak Bourbon
3/4 ounce Aperol
3/4 ounce Amaro Nonino
3/4 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice
Lemon peel curl for garnish
Add First West Toasted Oak Bourbon, Aperol, Amaro, and lemon juice into a shaker with ice. Shake until well-chilled. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with lemon curl.
