How do you like your bourbon? Neat, on the rocks, spirituous or refreshing? The Bourbon & Beyond festival offered lots of choices; choices in bourbon, music and food.
This inaugural Bourbon and Beyond Festival in Louisville, Kentucky is a festival like no other. The festival offered top notch bourbon from multiple distilleries, top notch food from multiple chefs and top notch music from multiple musicians. It’s really the first large scale festival where distilled spirits got equal billing on the marquee with classic music acts like Eddie Vedder, The Steve Miller Band and Stevie Nicks.
The Big Bourbon Bar was a 20,000 square foot tent featuring 24 bourbon partners each offering a variety of cocktails. We hope you got to experience the event in person but in case you missed it, you can still be a part of it with these exclusive cocktail recipes. Each distillery offered at least two cocktails, one spirituous and another refreshing. Whatever your choice, here’s a plethora of cocktail choices that were offered under the Big Bourbon Bar tent.
Just like the festival was held over two days because is was so big, we’ve broken the cocktail recipes into two simply because there are so many. The order of the 48 cocktail recipes is simply the order they fell into under the tent.
Part 1: 24 Bourbon & Beyond’s Big Bourbon Bar Cocktail Recipes
Part 2: 24 Bourbon & Beyond’s Big Bourbon Bar Cocktail Recipes
Enjoy!
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Angel’s Envy Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Shot in the Dark | Bardstown Angel |
| 1.5 oz Angel's Envy | 2 oz Angels |
| 0.5 oz Averna Amaro | 1 oz Ginger Liqueur |
| 1.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice | 1/2 oz Lemon Juice |
| 1.5 oz Simple Syrup | 1/2 oz Simple Syrup |
| 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters | Top with Ale 8 |
| Orange Wheel | Garnish with Lemon Zest |
| Cherry |
Barrell Bourbon – Barrell Craft Spirits
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Jack Rose | Barrell Sidecar |
| 1.5 oz Barrell Bourbon | 1.5 oz Barrell Bourbon |
| 3/4oz lemon juice | .5 oz Orange Curacao |
| 1/2oz grenadine | 2 oz Lemon Juice |
Basil Hayden’s – Jim Beam Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Basil's Rio Julep | Strawberry Basil Lemonade |
| 1.5 oz Basil Hayden's Bourbon | 1.5 oz Basil Hayden's |
| .25 oz Banana Liqueur | 3 parts Lemonade |
| 1 tsp Brown Sugar | Served with muddled basil & strawberries |
| 1 Dash Aromatic Bitters | |
| Mint Leaves | |
| Banana Chip | |
Jim Beam Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Old Fashioned Breeze | Beam Palmer |
| 1.5 oz Jim Beam Black | 1.5 oz Jim Beam Original |
| .5 oz Simple Syrup | 2 oz Lemonade |
| .5 oz Orange Juice | 2 oz Iced Tea |
| 1 oz Cranberry Juice | Lemon Garnish |
| Muddled Orange and Cherry | |
| Orange and Cherry Garnish | |
Knob Creek – Jim Beam Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Rye Black Hawk | Up Sweet Creek |
| 1.5 oz Knob Creek Rye | 1.5 oz Knob Creek Bourbon |
| .75 oz Sloe Gin | 1 ounce Triple Sec |
| Maraschino Cherry | 1 ounce Lemon Juice |
| 4 ounces Ale 8 | |
| One Dash of Sugar | |
| Lemon and Cherry Garnish | |
Maker’s Mark Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Maker's Mary | Maker's Mint Julep Sweet Tea |
| 1.5 oz Maker's 46 | 1.5 oz Maker's Mark |
| 4 oz Zing Zang Spicy | 3 oz Sweet Tea |
| Squeeze of Lemon | Raw Cane Sugar |
| Lime Wedge | Fresh Mint Sprigs |
| Lemon Wedge | |
Cooper’s Craft
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Cooper's Scofflaw | Cooper's Kentucky Mule |
| 1.5 oz Cooper's Craft | 1.5 oz Cooper's Craft |
| 1 oz Dry Vermouth | Ginger Beer |
| .5 oz Grenadine | Fresh Lime |
| .25 oz Lemon Juice | |
| 2 Dashes Bitters | |
| Orange Wheel | |
Old Forester Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Horse's Neck | Kentucky Peach |
| 1.5 oz Old Forester 100 proof | 1.5 oz Old Forester Classic 86 proof |
| Ginger Ale | .5 oz Peach Schnapps |
| 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters | .5 oz simple syrup |
| Long Lemon Peel | Top with Iced Tea |
Woodford Reserve Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Woodford Manhattan | Black Derby |
| 1.5 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon | 1.5 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon |
| 1 oz Sweet Vermouth (Vya Sweet Vermouth) | Grapefruit Juice |
| 2 Dashes Peychaud's bitters | Drop of Honey |
| Splash of Cherry Juice | Splash of Club Soda |
| Cherry Garnish | Lemon Wedge |
Jefferson’s Bourbon
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Jefferson's Barrel Aged Manhattan | Jefferson's Peach Palmer |
| All Ingredients Barrel-Aged for 90 Days | |
| Jefferson’s Bourbon | 1.5 oz Jefferson's Very Small Batch |
| Sweet & Dry Vermouth | 1 oz Pallini Peachello |
| Spiced Cherry Bitters | 1/4 oz fresh lemon juice |
| Poured over Crushed Ice | 1 oz tea |
| Cherry Garnish | Lemon wheel garnish |
Michter’s Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Michter's Black Lodge | Michter's Stone Fence |
| 1.5 oz. Michter's US*1 Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey | 1.5 oz Michter's US*1 Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon |
| .75 oz Sweet Vermouth | 1 oz Soda Water |
| .25 oz Cherry Liqueur | 6oz Angry Orchard Knotty Pear Cider |
| .25 oz Cynar | |
| Orange Bitters | |
| Orange Peel | |
Blade and Bow
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Gold Rush | Blade and Bow Mint Julep |
| 1.5 oz Blade and Bow | 1.5 oz Blade and Bow |
| 0.5 oz Lemon Juice | 1.5 teaspoons raw cane sugar |
| 0.5 oz Honey | Mint |
| Club Soda | |
Read Part 2: Bourbon & Beyond’s Big Bourbon Bar Cocktail Recipes for another 24 recipes from Bulleit Distillery, Larceny – Jim Beam Distillery, Kentucky Peerless Distilling, Four Roses Distillery, Ezra Brooks – Lux Row Distillers, Rebel Yell – Lux Row Distillers, Old Scout – Smooth Ambler Spirits, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Barton 1792 Distillery, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Eagle Rare – Buffalo Trace Distillery and W.L. Weller – Buffalo Trace Distillery
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