BourbonBlog.com brings you new Bourbon cocktails created by mixologists in New Orleans as the Super Bowl XLVII gets closer on game day!
As we often take you to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail for the latest mixology creations, today we’re headed to the big game with Wild Turkey Bourbon!
Ol’ Frisky Whiskey (aka Bourbon Street Bird)
by Lauren Soboul, Finn McCool’s
2 oz. Wild Turkey 81
1 tbsp. Light Brown Sugar
1 tbsp. Very Hot Water
Dash of 100% Pure Vanilla Extract
Dash of Angostura Bitters
1 Satsuma Wedge
Instructions:
Combine all in tin, shake over ice, strain into Brandy snifter.
“Smooth Sail” (Gridiron Gobbler)
by George Pool, Mid-City Yacht Club
2 oz. Wild Turkey 81
2 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. Ginger Ale
“ “Turkey Ball”
By Corey Fayette, The Boot
oz. Wild Turkey 81
3/4 oz. Amaretto
Splash of Pineapple Juice
Fourth and Long
1 oz. Wild Turkey 101
3/4 oz. Wild Turkey 81
1/2 oz. Lemon juice
1/2 oz. Aperol
1/2 oz. Maple Syrup
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients, shake vigorously and serve in a high ball glass. Garnish with a wedge of lemon.
Give em the Bird Blitz
1 tablespoon fig jam
1½ oz. Wild Turkey 81
¼ oz. Orange liqueur
½ oz. fresh lemon juice
Ice
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into an old fashioned glass over fresh ice.
Photos courtesy New Orleans CVB