The recipe
- 2 ozBourbon60 ml
- ¾ ozLemon juice23 ml
- ¾ ozHoney syrup (3 honey : 1 water)23 ml
How to make it
- 1Shake everything with ice.
- 2Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
The 3-to-1 honey syrup is the Milk & Honey house syrup: as little water as keeps the honey pourable. Made with a thinner 1:1 honey syrup the drink is less sweet.
The ratio
2¾ : 1 : 1
In parts, a Gold Rush is 2¾ whiskey, 1 lemon and 1 rich honey syrup. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
Head to head
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