Sweet Cherry Bourbon Smash

Probably more appropriate for the holidays, but I love cherries and you can’t get them during the winter months!

Ingredients:

• Handful of pitted black cherries (none of that maraschino…)

• 2 oz. Bourbon

• 1 oz. peppermint simple syrup (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, handful of peppermints or fresh mint, boil till combined and cool)

• Juice of a lime

Technique:

• Muddle the cherries in the bottom of a shaker

• Add the rest of the ingredients and ice

• Shake and pour in a glass rimmed with crushed peppermint

• Garnish with a cherry (and fresh mint if you’re using instead of the peppermint)