Whiskey Watermelon Smash Cocktail

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings: cocktail

Calories: 233kcal

Author: Jazzmine Woodard

Bubbly and refreshing muddled watermelon whiskey drink with sweet and tart flavor notes

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Equipment

1 jigger or shot glass
1 muddler or kitchen spoon
1 mixing glass or rocks glass
1 bar spoon or tea spoon
1 cocktail strainer
1 highball glass

Ingredients

⅓ cup watermelon chunks plus more for garnish
4 mint leaves plus more for garnish
½ lemon cut in half
¾ ounce maple syrup
ice
2 ounces whiskey
sparkling water

Instructions

Add watermelon, mint leaves, lemon, and maple syrup to mixing glass and press with muddler to puree the watermelon and release flavor oils and juices from mint and lemon.
⅓ cup watermelon chunks, 4 mint leaves, ½ lemon, ¾ ounce maple syrup
Fill glass halfway with ice then pour in whiskey and stir vigorously until glass is chilled to the touch (about 10 seconds).
2 ounces whiskey, ice
Strain the mixture into a highball glass over fresh ice then top up with sparkling water.
sparkling water
Garnish cocktail with fresh watermelon and a stem or two of fresh mint.

Notes

Preparation

This drink can be built in a cocktail shaker instead of a mixing glass with nearly identical results.

Because this recipe calls for sparkling water, I don't recommend making it in advance or else the bubbles will go flat.

To prepare this cocktail for a crowd, muddle 1 ⅓ cup watermelon chunks, two lemons (cut into quarters), 12 mint leaves, and three ounces maple syrup in a pitcher then remove the lemon pieces. Fill halfway with ice then stir in eight ounces of whiskey. Serves four.

Cocktail Tool Substitute Ideas

Instead of a bar spoon, you can use a regular table spoon, teaspoon, or butter knife plus a gentle hand to stir.

And instead of a jigger to measure the bourbon and maple syrup with, you can use a standard size shot glass, which holds about the same amount of liquid as the jigger's large end.

Lastly, in place of a muddler, you could use the tail end of a kitchen spoon.

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