Channel Your Inner Master Mixologist: Wow Your Friends with These Good Trouble Bourbon Recipes

Good Trouble Bourbon is not just for sipping neat or on the rocks, but incredibly delicious this way. It not your grandfather’s bourbon, but one he may want to drink.
This versatile bourbon can be the star ingredient in a variety of recipes that will make you look like a pro mixologist at your next gathering. From classic cocktails with a twist to inventive new concoctions, here are some recipes using Good Trouble Bourbon that will leave your guests impressed and asking for more.

Disagree to Agree (my personal favorite)

1. Good Trouble Fashioned Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
– 2 oz Good Trouble Bourbon
– 1 sugar cube
– 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
– Orange slice
– Original Maraschino cherry
– Orange twist, for garnish
– Ice cubes
Instructions:

1. In a mixing glass, muddle the sugar cube (or homemade simple sugar), orange slice, cherry and bitters with one ounce of bourbon.

2. Add the remaining bourbon.Fill the chilled rocks glass with ice cubes.

3. Stir well in the chilled rocks glass filled with ice.

4. Garnish with an orange twist.

2. Good Trouble Sour

Ingredients:
– 2 oz Good Trouble Bourbon
– 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
– 1/2 oz simple syrup
– Ice cubes
– Lemon wheel and cherry, for garnish
Instructions:
1. In a shaker, combine the bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice.

3. Garnish with a lemon wheel and a cherry.

Noble Embrace

Ingredients:
– 2 ½ oz. GOOD TROUBLE BOURBON
– ½ oz. Tempus Fugit Crème de Cocoa
– 2 Dashes of Aztec Chocolate Bitters
– 2 Dashes of Orange Bitters
Instructions:

Add all ingredients to mixing glass, add ice and stir thoroughly, single strain over one large cube, garnish and serve.

Common Ground

Ingredients:
– 1 oz. GOOD TROUBLE BOURBON
– 1 oz. Aperol
– ½ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
– 2 ½ oz. Moscato D’Asti (Sparkling Wine)
– Freshly Muddled Tarragon
Instructions:

Fill glassware with large ice, add all ingredients except Moscato to mixing tin and muddle tarragon, double strain contents over ice in glass, slowly pour Moscato D’asti taking care not to foam over, use bar spoon to pull (mix) ingredients together, garnish and serve.

Walk a Mile in my Shoes

Ingredients:
– 1 ½ oz. GOOD TROUBLE BOURBON
– ½ oz. Amaretto
– 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
– 1 oz. Cane Sugar Water
– 1 oz. Cranberry Juice
– 2 Dashes of Cardamon Bitters
Instructions:

Add all ingredients to mixing tin, add ice and shake vigorously, double strain over fresh ice, garnish and serve.

These are just a few recipes to get you started on your journey to becoming a master mixologist with Good Trouble Bourbon. Don’t be afraid to experiment and create your own signature drinks. Please send us a note or share on social media #goodtrouble.  Remember, the key to looking like a pro is confidence, so shake, stir, shine your light, and  pour with flair. Cheers!