Apple Whiskey Smash

Ingredients

• 2 oz Apple Whiskey
• 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
• 6 Mint Leaves
• Mint sprig · optional garnish
• Apple slice · optional garnish

Method

1. 1

   Lightly muddle the mint with the simple syrup in a shaker.

2. 2

   Add the apple whiskey, lemon juice, and ice, then shake for 8 seconds.

3. 3

   Strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice.

4. 4

   Garnish with a mint sprig and an apple slice.

The Story

The smash is the julep's mint-and-whiskey formula with lemon added, in the style of the old nineteenth-century 'smashes'. Apple whiskey replaces the bourbon and gives it an orchard note.