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These whiskey cocktail recipes are the bee’s knees—perfect for sharing at any gathering.

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The Best Old-Fashioned in
Kansas City

  • 2 oz KC Whiskey 

    ¼ oz maple syrup 

    2 dashes Angostura 

    1 drop chocolate bitters 

    Maraschino cherry and dried mandarin garnish 

  • Smoke a rocks glass with orange bitters on a barrel stave, and add a large ice cube to the glass. Combine all liquid ingredients and stir on ice. Strain over smoked rocks glass w/ cube. Garnish with dehydrated mandarin and an exquisite cherry. Enjoy! 

ROCKS GLASS
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Barrel-Aged Manhattan

  • 2 oz KC Whiskey 

    1 oz sweet vermouth blend 

    2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

    Orange zest garnish 

  • Add ingredients to mixing glass. Ice, stir, strain, and garnish with orange zest after expressing over top of the glass. Bonus points for rubbing zest along the rim, bowl, and/or stem of the coupe glass. Served UP!

  • Four bottles of whiskey per two bottles of vermouth. 2 ounces angostura bitters. Rest in 5 Liter barrel.

COUPE GLASS
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Horsefeather

  • 1 ½ oz KC Whiskey 

    2 dashes Angostura 

    Splash of lemon juice 

    Ginger beer 

    Dried lemon 

  • Add whiskey, bitters, and lemon juice to a glass. Ice about three quarters full and top up with ginger beer. Garnish with a dried lemon. 

HIGHBALL GLASS
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Rusty Nail

  • 1 ½ oz American Blended Malt Whiskey 

    ¾ oz Drambuie 

  • Add American Blended Malt with Drambuie, stir over ice, strain and express and garnish with orange peel. Serve over large cube.

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decorative rocks glass
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Whiskey Waker

  • 1 ½ oz KC Whiskey 

    1 ½ oz cold brew 

    ½ oz maple syrup 

    ½ oz cream 

    2 shakes cinnamon 

    Chocolate coffee sprinkle garnish 

  • Add all ingredients (minus coffee grounds) to shaker. Ice, shake, and double strain into a glass. Let settle briefly before sprinkling lightly with chocolate coffee grounds. 

PUNCH GLASS
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Honeycrisp

  • 1 ½ oz KC Whiskey 

    ¾ oz honey syrup 

    ¾ oz lemon juice 

    ¼ oz sherry 

    Three shakes cinnamon 

  • Add all ingredients to a shaker. Shake over ice, double strain and serve. 

COUPE glass