Name: Shock Me
Yield: Makes 1
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Brooklyn Brown Ale or other brown ale; 2 tablespoons bourbon (such as Maker's Mark); 1 teaspoon Southern Comfort; 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup

Virtue Feed & Grain in Alexandria, VA, serves this take on an Old Fashioned, just one of their signature "hoptails."

Recipe information

Yield
Makes 1

Ingredients

1/4 cup Brooklyn Brown Ale or other brown ale

2 tablespoons bourbon (such as Maker's Mark)

1 teaspoon Southern Comfort

1 teaspoon pure maple syrup

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice; stir gently for 10 seconds. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass.

TagsCocktail Alcohol Beverages Beer Bourbon Whiskey Southern American 5 Ingredients or Fewer Easy Bon Appétit

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