Arnold Palmer Bourbon Cocktail – Healthy Seasonal Recipes

This Arnold Palmer Bourbon Cocktail spikes the traditional drink to create probably the most refreshing summer season sipper. Not too candy and never too boozy, this can be a cocktail you possibly can sit again and calm down with. 

Why I Love This Arnold Palmer Bourbon Cocktail

It’s no secret I’m a giant cocktail individual (I do a Cocktail Friday each week). And bourbon is one in all my favourite spirits to mess around with. I like a traditional Bourbon Smash that’s barely candy and a bit tart. And one in all my all-time favorites, the New York Sour, is an absolute show-stopper. 

I discover this specific bourbon cocktail to be the right drink for summer season. It’s mildly candy, not too boozy, and splendidly refreshing. 

Ingredient Notes

Honey

I choose to naturally sweeten my cocktails. Honey, maple syrup and agave syrup are my go-to sweeteners for drinks as a result of they simply dissolve into liquids. When making cocktails with honey, make certain you stir the honey into the liquid till it dissolves earlier than including ice and shaking. If you don’t combine the honey in first, it’ll seize up and never dissolve as a result of ice. 

Lemon Juice 

Contemporary is finest! Contemporary lemon juice is an absolute should when making cocktails. Since most cocktails are made with only a handful of components—high quality issues. 

Iced Tea

For ease of preparation, we advocate grabbing some ready iced tea from the grocery retailer. It’s simply simpler. Be happy to make your personal iced tea or solar tea. And if you happen to’re feeling adventurous, check out a peach tea for a little bit of Southern flare. We advocate utilizing unsweetened iced tea since we’re sweetening the drink ourselves. And eventually, decide of decaffeinated if you happen to’re sipping on this later within the day. 

Bourbon

Like I all the time say, the right cocktail is one made to your choice. And meaning utilizing the liquor you want finest. We choose bourbon on this drink over different forms of whiskey for it’s easy sweetness. Use no matter you want, and since there are a handful of different components on this drink, use one thing center of the street—nothing too costly. 

Step-By-Step Directions 

Step 1: mix honey and lemon juice

Combine the honey and lemon juice collectively in a cocktail shaker till the honey is totally dissolved. 

Step 2: add iced tea and bourbon

Add the remaining cocktail components to the shaker then fill with ice. 

Step 3: shake till chilled

Safe the lid of the shaker and shake vigorously till totally chilled.

Step 4: pressure, garnish and sip

Pressure the cocktail right into a Collins or rocks glass crammed with ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel and luxuriate in. 

Variations to Attempt

• Use peach iced tea instead of common iced tea.
• Skip the honey and lemon juice and use ready lemonade.
• Make it glowing and use glowing lemonade as a substitute of lemon and honey. 
• Muddle some mint within the cocktail shaker earlier than including the opposite components. Garnish with extra mint. 

Extra Recipes to Attempt

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