Bourbon Peach Smash
Ingredients
- For the macerated fruit:
- 1 large very ripe peach, pitted, very thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 to 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- Pinch of salt
- Per drink:
- A few macerated peach slices
- 3 to 4 fresh mint leaves
- Ice
- 1 oz syrup from peaches
- 1 1/2 oz bourbon
- Splash of chilled seltzer or ginger beer
Instructions
- For the fruit: place peach slices in a jar, cover with sugar, water, 1 tablespoon vinegar (up to 2 if you like more tang) and a pinch of salt. Lid the jar, swish to mix and chill 3 hours, overnight, or up to 1 week. To make a cocktail: use a fork to place a few macerated peach slices in the bottom of a glass with a few mint leaves. Muddle together. Add syrup from peaches and bourbon and stir. Add ice and finish with seltzer or ginger beer.
Macerated-fruit batch makes enough for several drinks. Use ginger beer (usually nonalcoholic) instead of bourbon for an alcohol-free version.