+ Three mint simple syrup

Nothing beats home made cocktails on your front porch in the summer evenings.  Our go to is usually a  fresh ginger with lemon and soda bourbon drink, but we just bought a nice bottle of rum for the season and are going to make some new recipes. Today i harvested a 1/2 cup of our three mints, Kentucky Spearmint, Peppermint, and Corsican Mint to make a simple syrup. This syrup will go great in mint juleps, rum and lime, cucumber infusions, or just a plain mint club soda.

1/3 cup of simple syrup. Will stay good for 2 or 3 weeks in fridge.

kentucky spearmint

corsican mint, a ground cover and the original mint used in creme de menthe

+ royal cherry zingers

dark, tart and spicy, these drinks add a unique twist to a typical whiskey cocktail.

 

...this recipe makes two drinks...

  the juice of 1/2 a lemon

8 oz. unsweetened cherry juice

4 oz. maine root ginger beer

4 oz. sparkling water

4 oz. crown royal whiskey

high quality unsweetened cherry juice is the key to keeping this drink not too sweet.

maine root is very spicy.  reeds ginger ale works too.

the larger volume on a measure is 1 1/2 oz.