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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Bulleit Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Bulleit Barrel Strength "BLT" | Bulleit Rye Smash |
| 1.5 oz Bulleit Barrel Strength | 1.5 oz Bulleit Rye |
| 4 oz Tonic | 1 oz Simple Syrup |
| Lemon Wedge | 3 Lemon Wedges |
| 3 dashes aromatic bitters | |
| Muddled Mint | |
Larceny – Jim Beam Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Larceny Buck | The Lock Pick |
| 1.5 oz Larceny Bourbon | 1.5 oz Larceny Bourbon |
| 3 oz Ginger Beer | .75 oz Pomegranate Liqueur |
| .25 oz Lemon Juice | .75 oz Lemon Juice |
| Lime Wedge | 3 oz Iced Tea |
| 1/2 oz Simple Syrup | |
| Lemon Wedge | |
Kentucky Peerless Distilling
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Peerless Manhattan | Peerless Peach Tea |
| 1.5 oz Peerless Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey | 1.5 oz Peerless Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey |
| 1 oz Sweet Vermouth | .5 oz Peach Schnapps |
| 2 Dashes Peychaud's bitters | Sweet Tea |
| Splash of Cherry Juice | Peach Garnish |
| Cherry Garnish | |
Four Roses Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Four Roses Old Fashioned | Rosarita |
| 1.5 oz Rour Roses Single Barrel | 1.5 oz Yellow Label |
| Angsotura Bitters | 3 oz Fresh Lime Juice |
| Sugar | Dash of Bitters |
| Orange and Cherry | Splash of Grenadine |
| Splash of Club Soda | |
Ezra Brooks – Lux Row Distillers
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Ezra Manhattan | Ezra Rita |
| 1.5 oz Ezra Brooks | 1.5 oz Ezra Brooks |
| 5 oz Sweet Red Vermouth | 1.25 oz Triple Sec |
| Dash Bitters | Splash of sour mix |
| Maraschino Cherry | Lime Wedge |
| Salt Rim | |
Rebel Yell – Lux Row Distillers
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| In Rebel Fashion | Rebel Mule |
| 1.5 oz Rebel Yell Original Recipe | 1.5 oz Rebel Yell Original Recipe |
| 2 Dashes of bitters | Ginger Beer |
| 1 lump of sugar | Fresh Lime |
| Orange and Cherry | |
Old Scout – Smooth Ambler Spirits
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Ambling Arnold | Scout Port Light |
| 1.5 oz Old Scout Bourbon | 1.5 oz Old Scout Bourbon |
| .75 oz Simpe Syrup | .5 oz Passion Fruit Schnapps |
| .75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice | Splash Grenadine |
| Mint and Lemon | Lemon Wedge |
| Cherry | |
Rabbit Hole Distilling
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Run Rabbit Run | The Blinker |
| 1.5 oz Rabbit Hole Bourbon | 1.5 oz Rabbit Hole Rye |
| Fresh Lemon Juice | Raspberry Simple Syrup |
| Orgeat | Grapefruit Juice |
| Peychaud's Bitters | Dash Lime Juice |
| Expressed Lemon Zest | Expressed Grapefruit Zest |
Barton 1792 Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| 1792 Boulevardier | 1792 Kentucky Swing |
| 1.5 oz 1792 Small Batch | 1.5 oz 1792 Small Batch |
| 1 oz Campari | 4 oz Lemonade |
| 1 oz Sweet Vermouth | 1 oz Cherry Juice |
| Orange Twist | 1 oz Club Soda |
| Cherry | |
Buffalo Trace Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bow Tie | Buffade |
| 1.5 oz Buffalo Trace | 1.5 oz Buffalo Trace |
| Peach Syrup | Lemonade |
| Ginger Beer | Lemon Wedge |
| Lime | Mint |
Eagle Rare – Buffalo Trace Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Eagle Derby Julep | Eagle Sour |
| 1.5 oz Eagle Rare | 1.5 oz Eagle Rare |
| 1.5 tsp Sugar | 3/4 oz Fresh lemon juice |
| Muddled Mint | 1 tsp Simple syrup |
| Crushed Ice | Orange or Lemon |
| Maraschino Cherry | |
W.L. Weller – Buffalo Trace Distillery
| Spiritous | Refreshing |
|---|---|
| Weller Revolver | Weller New Fashioned |
| 1.5 oz W.L Weller Special Reserve | 1.5 oz W.L Weller Special Reserve |
| .5 oz Coffee Liqueur | .5 oz Lemon Juice |
| 2 Dashes Orange Bitters | .5 oz Honey |
| Orange Zest | |
Read Part 1: Bourbon & Beyond’s Big Bourbon Bar Cocktail Recipes for another 24 recipes from Angel’s Envy Distillery, Barrell Bourbon – Barrell Craft Spirits, Basil Hayden’s – Jim Beam Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Knob Creek – Jim Beam Distillery, Maker’s Mark Distillery, Cooper’s Craft, Old Forester Distillery, Woodford Reserve Distillery, Jefferson’s Bourbon, Michter’s Distillery and Blade and Bow.
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