Sweet Year Sour

To continue the theme, I created an apples and honey cocktail.  The “Sweet Year Sour” is a variation on the Gold Rush cocktail which I have featured previously.  If you recall, that is a modern take on the classic whiskey sour, which uses honey syrup instead of simple sugar syrup.  For the Sweet Year Sour, I kept in some bourbon for my dad, who loves bourbon, added in some apple brandy, and a few dashes of baked apple bitters to bring it all together, to create a “Gold Rosh” from a “Gold Rush”.  Groan if you will, this is one tasty cocktail!  If you would rather leave out the bitters, no one will weep.  In case you missed all the subtle metaphors going on here, I’ll conclude with a few more tasting notes.  Try this lovely libation and toast the changing weather, the sweetness of life, love, family and friends, the wisdom of our parents, and our children, and appreciate how this sour is really quite sweet.   Happy New Year!

The Sweet Year Sour - apples and honey in a glass

The Sweet Year Sour:

1 oz bourbon

1 oz apple brandy

1 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey and water)

¾ oz fresh lemon juice

3 dashes baked apple bitters

A little "buzz" for a sweet year!