The Smash & Grab Cocktail

I'm always on the lookout for simple but delicious whisky cocktails, so when I came across a recipe for The Smash & Grab, I was excited to try it. It's a bourbon drink, which usually points to being a fall or winter drink, but the orange and mint make it very refreshing as well so I could easily see myself drinking one in the summer. Overall, the drink is fairly close to a good ol' Old Fashioned, but with a little something extra and more refreshing.

Ingredients

• 2 oz bourbon
• 2 orange wheels
• 2 sprigs of mint
• 1/4 oz simple syrup

Instructions

This would depend on the size of your orange wheels but I found it much easier to make the drink if you cut them in half first.

Add the orange wheels, mint sprigs, and simple syrup to a shaker and lightly muddle.

Fill the shaker with ice, and add the bourbon.

Shake well and double-strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass.

Optionally, garnish with a lemon wheel.