I love maple syrup with sweet breakfast foods like pancakes or waffles, but have
also find that it can work wonderfully as a flavor enhancer and sweetener in
cocktails.
Years ago, I came across a number of bourbon barrel-aged stout beers, where the
barrels had been used to store maple syrup after being used to store the bourbon,
before being used to store the stout beer. Very interesting layering of flavors!
Maple Bourbon and Ginger
I love maple syrup with sweet breakfast foods like pancakes or waffles, but havealso find that it can work wonderfully as a flavor enhancer and sweetener incocktails.Years ago, I came across a number of bourbon barrel-aged stout beers, where thebarrels had been used to store maple syrup after being used to store the bourbon,before being used to store the stout beer. Very interesting layering of flavors!
Ingredients
- 2 oz bourbon or whiskey of choice
- ½ oz Pure Maple Syrup
- Juice of ¼ lime
- 4 oz Ginger beer
Instructions
- Pour the bourbon, maple syrup, and lime juice into a shaker tin with ice.
- Shake the contents until chilled and mixed.
- Strain into a rocks glass with some ice, and top with Ginger beer.
- Serve with a cocktail straw.