03/05/2025
🌟With a name like “Gold Rush,” you might assume that this cocktail harkens back to the early days of the California gold rush of the mid-1800s. However, its origins are much more recent, having been more or less invented at the beginning of the millennium by T.J. Siegal, who wasn’t even a bartender at the time but regular at the bar Milk and Honey, which opened in 1999. Siegal used to drink a Bourbon Sour after work, except he didn’t have an egg or garnish in it. Sometime in 2000, the bartender at Milk and Honey told Siegal about a honey syrup he had created for a different cocktail, and Siegal suggested he use the honey instead of regular simple syrup. By 2002, the Gold Rush became a house cocktail at Milk and Honey.🍯 🥃
All you need is a cocktail shaker, a knife (to make the lemon twist), and a rocks glass. Feel free to add some class to the beverage by choosing a martini glass or something similar.😎
Start by making your honey syrup: Three parts of honey to one part of water. This mixture makes the honey easier to mix, especially in a cocktail shaker.🎉
* 2 oz Seir Hill Mashville Whiskey Alternative
* 3/4 oz Fresh-Squeezed Lemon Juice
* 3/4 oz Honey Syrup
* Lemon Twist for Garnish
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Put all of your ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake it thoroughly. Since the honey is heavier, you need to shake a bit more vigorously than usual.
Strain the beverage into a rocks glass, and then add a lemon twist on top. 🥃🍋🍯
