Gold Rush Cocktail Recipes

Steps:

• For the honey syrup: In a small saucepan, heat the honey with 1/3 cup water until it just comes to a simmer. Cool completely.
• For the gold rush cocktail: Place 1 large ice cube in each of 4 rocks glasses. Combine the bourbon and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with 1/2 cup honey syrup and some ice. Shake and strain into the glasses, garnish with the mint and serve.

Steps:

• Combine bourbon, lemon juice, and honey in a cocktail shaker. Fill shaker with ice, cover, and shake very vigorously to help dissolve honey until outside of shaker is very cold, about 20 seconds.
• Strain cocktail through a Hawthorne strainer or a slotted spoon into an old-fashioned or rocks glass with 1 large ice cube or several smaller ones.

Steps:

• Make the honey syrup: In a sealed container, combine the honey and warm water; shake until combined. (Honey syrup makes 1/2 cup, and will keep, covered, at room temperature, for up to 1 week.)
• Prepare the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add the bourbon, lemon juice and 3/4 ounce honey syrup; shake until chilled, about 15 seconds.
• Strain into a rocks glass filled with one large ice cube. No garnish.