This Labor Day weekend we’re binging you delicious cocktails to celebrate the end of summer. These Basil Hayden Bourbon drinks are approachable and refreshing, and simple to make at home.

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Golden Hour
Ingredients

1 part Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

3/4 part Lillet Blanc

3/4 part Aperol® Aperitif

Grapefruit peel

Method

1. Combine ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 

2. Stir thoroughly. 

3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass over a large ice cube. 

4. Garnish with an grapefruit peel. 

Fool’s Gold
Ingredients

2 parts Basil Hayden® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
3/4 part fresh lemon juice
1/2 part limoncello
1/2 part simple syrup
Lemon wheel
Fresh sage

Method

1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake vigorously.
3. Strain into a rocks glass.
4. Garnish with a lemon wheel and fresh sage.

Bourbon Punch
Ingredients

1 750mL bottle Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

1 cup sweet vermouth

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup orange liqueur

20 dashes Angostura bitters

1 cup tart cherry juice

2 cups soda water

2 oranges, sliced into wheels

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Ice

Method

1. Combine sweet vermouth, Angostura® bitters, sugar and ground cinnamon in a pitcher or punch bowl. 

2. Stir until sugar is dissolved. 

3. Add the rest of the ingredients (except soda) and stir to combine. 

4. Top with soda just before serving.

John Collins
Ingredients:

1 ½ parts Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

1 part lemon juice

½ part simple syrup 

2 parts club soda

Maraschino cherry

Orange slice

Method:

1. Pour the bourbon, lemon juice and syrup into a highball glass filled with ice cubes.
2. Stir thoroughly.
3. Top with club soda.
4. Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.

   

Bourbon Bramble
Ingredients: 

1 ½ parts Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

¾ part fresh lemon juice

½ part blackberry liqueur

4 blackberries

5 fresh basil leaves

Method:

1. Combine basil and blackberries in a cocktail shaker and gently muddle.
2. Add rest of cocktail ingredients to shaker with ice
3. Shake well.
4. Strain into a glass over fresh ice.
5. Garnish with a basil leaf and fresh blackberries.