American Whiskey Cocktails

Cocktails with Balcones

Who doesn’t love a cocktail?!

We figured, what better way to kick off your weekend than with one (or all) of these combinations from Balcones Distilling. Whether you’ve got some friends over to enjoy the last of the summer evenings this weekend, or just fancy trying something new, these definitely won’t disappoint!

We want to see your take on these cocktails – tag us in your photos over at @americanwhiskeymag on Instagram.

Raspberry Beret

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Glass

Coupe

Ingredients

 2 oz Balcones Rumble
1.5 oz Raspberry
1 oz Lemon juice
1 Egg white

Prep

Add lemon juice, raspberry and egg white, add ice to a shaker, then rumble, shake and strain.

Imposterita

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Glass

Highball or Rocks

Ingredients

1.5 oz Balcones Baby Blue
0.75 oz Lime
0.5 oz Agave Nectar

 Prep

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain, serve and enjoy.

One Two Punch 

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Glass

Rocks

 Ingredients

1 bottle of Balcones True Blue 100 proof
4 lemons
10 black berries
20 basil leaves
¾ cup of demerara sugar
¾ cup of lemon juice
1 quart water

Prep

Combine the four lemon peels, basil and blackberries in mason jar with demerara. Leave for 12-24 hours.

Muddle all the ingredients after the oil has built up in the jar.

Add lemon juice and shake well. Then in a large pot empty contents of jar while straining any residual particles out and add one bottle of TB100 and one quart of water. Bottle punch and store in fridge for up to two weeks.

Enjoy!

 

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