Happy Hour at Home - Cherry Citrus Whiskey Smash

Happy Friday Y’all! Coming back at you with a new cocktail to kick-off the weekend!

This week I am bringing you a super yummy Cherry Citrus Whiskey Smash. Colin and I got creative last Saturday when making this one. Normally, I wouldn’t opt for a whiskey cocktail but we’re running low on some liquor cabinet essentials if you know what I mean…

Turns out, this Whiskey Smash was AH-MAZING… although requires a little more work then the 3 ingredient Vodka Elderflower Martini I shared last week, I promise it is well worth the effort – Colin had seconds.

So let’s get into it!

Ingredients

1 lemon wheel
1 lime wheel
1 orange wheel
handful of fresh cherries, pitted and cut into halves
4 oz. whiskey of choice – we used Crown Royal
4-5 dashes cocktail bitters – we used Peychauds
.5 oz simple syrup – I had ordered a bunch of mixes from Skinny Mixes at the beginning of this quarantine so we could make healthy-ish cocktails at home and feel a little LESS guilty about all the margs being consumed.
1 oz. ginger ale
1 oz. club soda

Instructions:

Wash your fruit, especially given the current state of the World… am I right?!
Slice your lemon, lime and oranges in thin wheel slices.
Halve and pit your cherries.
Add your simple syrup, bitters and fruit to the glass – I added one wheel of lemon, lime, 1/2 a wheel orange and 3 cherry halves.
Carefully muddle the fruit using a muddler or the end of a wooden spoon. This step gets the fruit juices and oils mixed together with the simple syrup and bitters.
Now add the whiskey and fill your glass with ice cubes.
Top with equal parts ginger ale and club soda.
Give your cocktail a stir and add any additional ice if needed.
That’s it, that’s all! Now sit back and CHEERS to the weekend!

Keep scrolling to see some photos of the cocktail – hopefully they will serve as some inspo for the bartending journey you’re about to embark on!