Don't pass on the Whiskey Smash! - Make this cocktail for spring
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
- In today’s video we’re going to make a Whiskey Smash! This is a relatively simple cocktail that requires only one bottle of booze. We’re using bourbon here, but feel free to use any whiskey you enjoy mixing with. The Smash is a style of drink that dates back to the 1800s, and is highly customizable - each component of the drink can be substituted to create a new concoction! Hope you enjoy it for the spring season. Cheers!
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TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
The History: 0:28
The Booze: 1:50
The Recipe: 2:25
Sips & Sign off: 3:58
THE WHISKEY SMASH RECIPE 2:25
2 oz. (60 ml) Old Grand-Dad 100 proof Bourbon
1/2 oz. (15 ml) rich Demerara syrup (2:1 sugar:water)
4 lemon slices (remove any seeds)
4-8 mint leaves
Lemon wheel & mint sprig for garnish
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I'm getting excited for spring. Who's ready for some warm weather cocktails?
Now if only the Chicago weather would cooperate 🙃
@@metonymic896 exactly!
Its been raining for a month in So Cal and today is the first day of sunshine - perfect for this cocktail - thanks Anders and Az
Hell yeah!🎉
How about a Gin Basil Smash?
The editing on this channel really is fantastic. Doesn't get said enough. Awesome content.
Have to give Az all the credit there. Thanks for your comment, David - Cheers
Agreed
Really on par with James Hoffman I find, which I mean as a very high compliment.
You know it's extra delicious when Az goes for multiple sips!
As you were explaining this drink, I thought"All I have is bourbon and not regular whisky😢." Then you pulled out the exact bourbon that I have and I busted out laughing. Well I guess I'm making this drink today after all. Thank you. 😁
Great minds think alike
You pretty much can't go wrong with bourbon!
Just a quick fyi, bourbon is "regular" whiskey. Bourbon is just one subcategory of whiskey. Simply spreading the message on behalf of all magnificent bastards: the best whiskey is the whiskey you like, the way you like to enjoy it. Cheers!
My wife has a serious dislike of whiskey. However, I have gotten her to like whiskey, specifically blended scotch, through a Sir William Smash, using lemon juice, blackberry, and mint. Good stuff.
I'm so glad you got the history right. Just so you know, when they mean "small plane", it means that it's served in an old fashioned glass. Juleps were originally served in pint glasses, or "large bar glasses".
Love it. Cheers, Daniel!
Agree! Also the word “smash” probably meant “heavy”, this can be either two concepts; (i. They whiskey was less distilled or not filtered that well -or- (ii. It contained more whiskey than any other normal drink). It’s probably the first but I could be wrong. -anyway, love the drink and review ❤
There is no UA-cam video I’m more excited for. Anders, your the man. And Oz always makes the video better. I trust you Anders, but Oz gives a refreshingly honest take on any cocktail she taste. Top notch!!
Basil gin smash was an extremely pleasant experience. I prefer the basil over mint, irrespective of the spirit used.
I could enjoy it with whiskey or rum as well.
I’ll have to try basil! Not a fan of mint in my drinks
Basil and Mint closely related botanically speaking.
Try Thai basil with whiskey. The anise notes work well.
A while ago I made a blueberry gin smash and it was genuinely one of the best drinks I've ever made. So simple yet so packed with flavors!
Blueberry.. flavoured gin? Or with literal blueberries, substituted in for lemons, done in the same way as in this video?
Fabulous Anders,,,yesterday i made for my sweet wife a Tequila( negro zafiro Tequila - extreme smooth spirit,incredible ) mint smash with a pinch of vanilla syrup,..and i got a gin lemon smash,.with a hint of mint syrup,..my gin was a marrakesh-gin with orange blossom water,.fresh taste....
A very slept-on cocktail. I'd love videos exploring different categories of drink! You mention "julep" as a category, "smash"; there are "bucks" and "sours"-a video on each category you would think important seems like a great idea!
Just learned all about which cheap bourbons to buy. Go Whiskey! Old Grandad 100 $18.99. Yes.
Great stuff
I'm in love with a cucumber basil smash! Thank you for the great videos, keep 'em coming!
What a coincidence! I just made my first whiskey smash a few nights ago. I was skeptical because I'm not a big fan of a Julep, but the lemon completely changes the drink. It's one of my favorites.
Thanks for the best whisky smash recipe. I tried it two times … first one too sour and the second too sweet. Third times’ a charm. Thanks! 😊
I am in Knoxville and Ole Smokey is just up the road… SO, Ole Smokey peach Moonshine with smashed peaches, rich simple, and a little lemon, garnish with mint and a peach slice… BOOM, the Moonshine Peach Smash!! You’re WELCOME!!
One of the greatest joys of fridays is a new upload from You and the Wonderful Kevin Kos. Thank you Anders and Az for this incredible channel, and ty for kickstarting my growing obsession with cocktails.
Your Old Fashioned video was the first cocktail video I ever watched. Since then I´ve now gotten a job at a bar, and im continuing to experiment and make cocktails af home on a weekly basis.
Thank you so much William. Happy to be a part of your cocktail journey - Cheers!
@@AndersErickson Cheers!
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At work we do a blackberry smash with Lot 40 and basil.
It's good to know you can use whatever you have around at the time. Cheers.
We use purple basil for a smash in our distillery tasting room and our Rye. So good!
This is a great drink I make this all the time exactly the way you do it. Another whiskey Smash that I love is
2 oz of bourbon
1\2 oz honey syrup
2 slices of lemon
Small sprig of rosemary.
This cocktail is made exactly as the way you did in the video except I metal the rosemary and lemon together. It's an awesome drink
*muddle
Love me a smash. I swapped the bourbon for botanist gin and used just a rich white sugar syrup and it was outstanding.
This has been my go to drink for 2 years. Old Grand Dad 100 proof is so good in it
HOLY CRAP I typed this before I saw the video. Perfect choice. Love your content!
I decided to make three different styles of these over the past day since I had most of the ingrediets at hand from my garden. First: buffalo trace bourbon, lime, lemon balm/mint. Second: Botanist gin, strawberry, and lemon balm. Third: Banhez Mezcal, Lime, Oregano with salt rim. All of them were delicious but the mezcal one was definitely my favorite.
only just started getting into making cocktails this past year, really wishing I'd found this channel sooner though lol. knowing how to make what I like at home definitely changes how I order when I do find myself at a bar!
Excited?!? Heck yeah! I’ve got a nice bed of mint that’s starting to pop and I made some simple syrup yesterday- it’s going to be a good afternoon 😃 thanks for the great videos!
I'm a big fan of doing a Mezcal Smash or a Bourbon Peach Smash for the summertime.
Excellent call
@@AndersErickson Fingers Crossed for a SMASH VARIATIONS video for Summertime? Black Berry Mezcal (or Bourbon) Smash, Gin Basil Smash, Peach Bourbon Smash (w/ mint leaves) , Maybe a Mezcal Watermelon Smash with TAJIN rim (because Tajin + Watermelon = MAGICAL), Gin Grapefruit Smash (w/ Thyme & Rosemary)... I could go on, but in Anders I trust.
I hate to sound like a complainer, BUT i miss the old intro…O and I luv the whisky smash…
I soo wanna master that flaming orange 🍊 peel!
Cherry vanilla with Wild Turkey 101 Rye in Kuala Lumpur
Tried to make a twist on this cocktail yesterday and it was delicious! Bourbon 50ml, Apple liqueur 20ml, same amount as in video of lemon and mint, apple juice 20ml, bergamot syrup 10ml/elderflower 10ml. Fresh, sour, a bit grassy, oaky and flowery. Great video as always!
My first ever smash was a brandy basil smash. Very adaptable cocktail
A surprisingly delicious drink. I usually avoid drinks with mint. In my case, I'm always going for a whiskey sour instead of the whiskey smash. But I tried the whiskey smash (with a rye whiskey) and it is good. I really like it.
I love a whiskey smash. I was first introduced to them about 12 years ago at a local bar and fell in love. They are a summer staple at my house bar. To lighten it up and make it more refreshing in the summer, a little club soda brightens it up. A little ginger beer too makes a great spin on it.
So…a whiskey/lemon Mojito? Ya I’m definitely gonna like that! Great video, like your histories and presentation!
I’ve made this cocktail for multiple friends and the all loved it, one of my favorite cocktails at the moment
The whiskey smash is a good summer drink I usually make them with Buffalo trace bourbon fresh lime juice and Demerara syrup and cherries for garnish and soda water
Here early and ready to party! Happy hour starts early today.
Happy weekend!
Bravo, Anders! Was wondering when you’d get around to doing smashes. These are a staple in our cocktail rotation. Especially in the summer. Our favorite version is blackberry-lemon bourbon smash, but we’ve done raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, and even orange. And while we typically use mint, we’ve also used basil. And I agree that Demerara is probably the best for smashes, we’ve also used ginger, cinnamon, and maple simple syrup. The combinations are endless!
Perfect execution. If using granulated sugar (I like evaporated cane juice as close to original Loaf sugar Professor Jerry would have used), goes in tthe muddle to abrade the peels.
A bartender at my favorite bar used to make me a rye-mescal smash, 3:1. It was fantastic.
Love this, I recently got a bottle of Old Granddad 100 proof (its hard to find here!) because I wanted to try the Paper Plane your way, and now I have another application for it! My favorite smash is the Gin Basil Smash - so unusual, but amazing! Cheers Anders and Az, have a good weekend!
Thanks Dimitar! Hope you're enjoying this recipe. Cheers!
My 1956 'Duffy' has no lemon in the smash. I think the lemon sounds good!
It's so interesting the subtle differences in how people prepare this drink. Four summers ago this was my drink of choice. Then I made it with Rye whiskey and sometimes I'd muddle other fruit in, my favorite being raspberry (followed by watermelon). I like this better than the mint julep and this is my favorite cocktail of all time. I bought ingredients to make some this weekend. Going to use regular bourbon. Interesting how you took out the seeds; I never thought of that before.
Blackberry bourbon smashes is fireeee
Just made one, with Rye. Tasty! Funny but I never seem to get as much as you do in your glass, after I shake and pour lol. Love your vids ; )
Boy do I love a gin and berry smash...now I'm Jones'n!
One of the most popular drinks at the home bar it lime mint blackberry smash generally use Elijah Craig
one of my all time favorites, used to make it the exact same way, except with the bar's house bourbon Buffalo Trace, absolutely delectable on a warm spring evening.
Mint stems contain a lot of flavor. Muddle the stems with your lemon before you shake the drink.
Loved that you threw this one up on the channel. This became my wife's favorite cocktail last year. She ended up drinking more bourbon than me last summer...I was on a gin kick. It is an amazing cocktail.
Going try one of these with my beautiful bride of 30 years this weekend! Thank you for the great videoes!
Watermelon whiskey smash is my go to summer cocktail.
Sounds delicious. Watermelon is a tricky ingredient. How do you make yours?
Cucumber and basil on Gin with a title note of Chartreuse - the perfect smash.
Love the Chartreuse addition
made it with a high proof bourbon and limes absolutely delish keep it up!! big fan
I find this is delicious with a flavored whiskey (peach or blackberry Bird Dog is what I use) and cutting out the syrup and letting the sweetness of the flavored whiskey take over
I have enjoyed Prarie vodka cucumber, with a lemonade for a summer cocktail will probably try it this time with some mint ;)
Looks delicious! Definitely is perfect for spring time, can't wait to try
Anders this channel makes my day. Every time..... It is just positive vibes and delicious drinks. Oz'z opinion ;) ( Hi from Australia! Oz..) is as refreshing as the content. Keep it up you two, love your work. :)
She has just made this cocktail recipe irresistible.
I used to bartend at pappadeaux and our recipe called for a half oz of grand marnier in the mix! Pretty tasty🙈
I'm not gonna wait. Now seems like the perfect time!!
Don't want to muddle the flavours too much but maybe a rosemary sprig to garnish could accentuate the herbal qualities even further?
Wow, love this! It’s like the love child of a julep and a mojito. Probably sacrilege, but you could almost add a bit of soda to make it a bit longer and it would literally be an American mojito. Superb!
I found a recipe last summer that was a whiskey smash with some fresh peach muddled with the lemon. Can't remember what is was called, but it was fantastic. Gonna be picking up some peaches to recreate it. I love this drink when it's hot out - which is a LOT of the time in Tennessee!
I made it just as suggested but added blackberries, and since my mint isn't growing yet i used (1-2 drops) peppermint essential oil which was super potent. I made my simple syrup with maple/water. I will be doing this often to try variations.
It's really good with basil also
This was a delightful cocktail. Made one with rye and one with straight bourbon, and both were great.
Anders, I need large batch cocktail recipes for my July wedding asap!
I just had a whiskey smash after a server recommended it, and I looked up to see if you had made a video on it yet so I could make it at home. Great coincidence!
Love it when Oz comes and enjoys the libations.
Sorry, Az
I like a blackberry smash made with blackberry cordial vs syrup. Basil is wonderful too
This Is so good. Thank you🙌🏼 I ended up using Four Roses Bourbon and it’s so refreshing
Hey Anders! I added a few drops of Ango bitters in the second cocktail I made. Just added this little taste I missed in this lemon flavored cocktail. Very nice! Thanks for the inspiration 🙏. Whisky smash is here to stay ❤
Tried this tonight. Wonderful. Citrus and bourbon make some of my favorite drinks. Excellent balance on this drink. Anders, if you wrote a book of your cocktails I loved it'd rival an encyclopedia.
This is one of my favorite cocktails! Big fan.
More gin cocktails for the summer! My wife loves gin, and pretty much only gin 😂 Need more things to make her.
Loving your channel since 2020 ish 🙌🏻
One of my favorite drinks! Sometimes we add a splach of club soda.
I’ve made this drink about 4 times now… since watching the video. Even when I ran out of mint, I mixed the rest and loved it. Thank you for introducing us to so many great drinks in the perfect way. Continues to be my favorite UA-cam channel out there!!!
Made one…….
Made another!
Tasty drink.
I was making basil smashes for a while last year. Pretty fun, although mint is my favorite. Gin would be a great base, of course, for more savory herbs like tarragon or thyme. Variety, etc. :)
This video was such an awesome watch, thanks for making content!
Nice and simple, I love it, and I will be trying this soon.
I just got a bottle of WT 101 Rye. Going to totally try this with that. Cheers!
I love a basil smash.
It's also great with maple syrup
I’m not a huge fan of mint cocktails or mint in cocktails, so I usually make lemon and berry (any type of berry for me) smashes. If using a tarter berry, I will use Buffalo Trace Straight since its a sweet bourbon, if using sweeter berries I will use a rye or something like Russel’s 10 Year to give it that balance
Anders, have you ever considered a cocktail recipe book of concoctions featured on your channel? If you did, I would buy one and give everybody one for Christmas. Seriously.
I have been thinking about that. Good knowing there's some interest - Cheers, Robert!
Last summer I was doing variations on this but with orgeat rather than syrup, with different base spirits. It was maybe the best with tequila or mescal, for my tastes, but it worked with a lot of different bases. Oh and the mint would be muddled and shaken along with the rest, so it ended up as a milky white drink with little bits of green floating in it.
Nothing like a whiskey smash and a cigarette for breakfast listening bizarre techno
Thank you for acknowledging us in the global south :) I'll drink this any time.
Happy autumn, Andrew!
Sub maple syrup in and you've got yourself a great Maple Bourbon Smash. Really adds a smokey element to this drink.
Definitely is perfect for spring time
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Yum. I was just gifted a wonderful Irish whiskey and I think I'll use it to make this. If it EVER warms up here in Kansas City, that is!
I love whiskey sours so this has been on my list for a while, thanks for another great video!
simple, entertaining, informative.. brilliant.
I appreciate this channel. Happy spring!
Cheers Eric!
Love the smash. I have mint just for this purpose (ok, primarily for the smash but I use it for other drinks too).
i love this cocktail, so versatile with what fruits can be used :D i definitely froth a peach bourbon smash
Chartreuse smash from Maude's was the best drink in Chicago.
Watching this channel is so educational and fun at the same time. I always come away with more knowledge than I came in with. And this drink sounds particularly tasty!!
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I love gin basil smash. Got me into gin really