Kentucky Buck

Fresh strawberries add fruit and color to a bourbon, lemon and ginger-beer highball. Eight Oaks’ version muddles the berries before shaking the base, then adds the carbonated mixer only after the drink is strained.

Active preparation: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 60 ml Eight Oaks Straight Bourbon
• 22.5 ml Fresh lemon juice
• 15 ml Prepared simple syrup
• 2 piece Fresh hulled strawberries
• 60 ml Chilled ginger beer
• 1 dash Angostura aromatic bitters
• 1 piece Lemon wheel

Instructions

1. Muddle the strawberries with the lemon juice and syrup in a shaker.
2. Add the bourbon, bitters and cubed ice, then shake until cold.
3. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh cubed ice.
4. Add the ginger beer, stir gently and finish with the optional lemon wheel.