Bourbon Fruit Cup
A fruity, sweet and bubbly cocktail ∙ Build; Churn ∙ 4 min ∙ 9.7% ABV ∙
The Bourbon Fruit Cup is a long drink of bourbon, orange curaçao and rosso vermouth topped with ginger ale and cola, served with citrus, berries and mint.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Pour all ingredients into the glass: Bourbon 25 mlOrange curaçao liqueur 25 mlRosso vermouth 25 mlAngostura aromatic bitters 2 dashes (opt.)Ginger ale 50 mlCola 50 ml
- Half fill the glass with ice
- Churn
- Add a citrus slice and a couple of mint leaves from garnish
- Fill to the brim with ice
- Garnish with lemon slices, orange slices, strawberries and mint sprigs
- Note: Can be scaled up and served from a punch bowl or a large pitcher
Tips
- Slap the mint sprig against your hand to wake it up, then tuck it in among the lemon, orange and strawberry, where you'll smell it with every sip.
History
Fruit cups are a traditionally English style of drink, gin-based cups of spirit mixed with liqueurs, spices, and fruit, lengthened with lemonade or ginger ale. The category's best-known ancestor is Pimm's, invented in the 1840s by James Pimm, an oyster bar owner in London.
The Bourbon Fruit Cup was created in June 2017 by a British drinks writer at the Cabinet Room in London as part of a numbered series of Fruit Cup riffs. Each is built on the same gin-based Fruit Cup No.1 template with a different base spirit; this one swaps in bourbon whiskey.
