Vanilla Bourbon Sipper
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A summer sipping cocktail perfectly designed for evenings on the patio with friends to end an eventful day. -- Bourbon, vermouth, sweetened dark cherry all tied together with a warm, caramelized vanilla element. By SouthernFATTY.com food blog.
Serves: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 dark red cherry, fresh, pitted
- ½ ounce simple or gomme syrup, more or less by taste (I prefer Eli Mason syrup)
- 1 dash classic bitters
- 3 ounces bourbon
- 1 ounce sweet vermouth
- ½ teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Tahitian Pure Vanilla Extract
- ice, to finish
Instructions
- In cocktail glass, add dash of bites. Swirl to coat inside of glass as best possible.
- Add pitted cherry and cover with simple syrup.
- Muddle cherry into syrup to release cherry juices.
- Add remaining bourbon & vermouth.
- Mix in the Nielsen-Massey Tahitian Pure Vanilla Extract.
- Swizzle stir well to combine.
- Add ice and enjoy this summer sipper by Southern FATTY.
- NOTE: This is a strong, sipping cocktail. Try it before and after you allow the ice to slowly melt into the bourbon-base for varying flavors.
- Enjoy!
Notes
2015 - SouthernFATTY.com
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cocktail
Recipe by Southern FATTY at https://www.southernfatty.com/vanilla-bourbon-sipper/