Coopers’ Craft Summer Sippers Blogger Event Recap

By *Founder: Paola Mendez @coralgableslove · On May 16, 2017

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The following is a sponsored post.

Last Saturday, we had a blast with Coopers’ Craft! A group of South Florida Bloggers were invited to a Summer Sipper hangout at House Kitchen & Bar in Coral Gables. We got to try 3 delicious Summer cocktail recipes using Coopers’ Craft Bourbon. They were refreshing and sophisticated – the perfect cocktails to serve at your next shindig or pool party! This Summer, bourbon is in.

Coopers’ Craft Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a refined, toasted wood whiskey—aged in barrels with a unique Beech and Birch charcoal finishing process. It’s smooth, easy to drink and meant to be shared.

Coopers Craft Summer Sipper Cocktails Coopers’ Craft After Barrel. Photo credit Vintage Unicorn

AFTER BARREL RECIPE

Recipe courtesy of Henry from ABC Bartending

Ingredients

2 oz. Cooper’s Craft Bourbon
5 Blueberries
4 Sliced Strawberries
1/2 oz. Peach liquor
Orange Bitters

Place blueberries and strawberries in a shaker. Pour Peach liquor over the berries. Muddle the strawberries, blueberries and peach liquor to release the juices. Add Cooper’s Craft Bourbon and orange bitters for a nice tang. Add ice cubes and shake. Pour and enjoy!

Coopers Craft Summer Sipper Cocktails Coopers’ Craft Cup. Photo credit Vintage Unicorn

COOPERS’ CUP

Ingredients

2 parts Coopers’ Craft
1 part fresh lime juice
top with ginger beer (roughly 6 parts)
Served over crushed ice in tin cup, garnished with mint sprig

Instructions

Combine Coopers’ Craft Bourbon with lime juice. Add ginger beer and serve over ice in tin cup. Garnish with mint Sprig.

Coopers Craft Luxedo Cocktail Coopers’ Craft Luxedo. Photo credit Coopers’ Craft

KENTUCKY LUXEDO RECIPE

Ingredients

1 part Coopers’ Craft
1/4 part Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Muddled Sugar Cube

Instructions

Combine Coopers’ and Maraschino Liqueur into a mixing glass and stir with a bar spoon. Muddle sugar and bitters at the bottom of an old fashioned glass. Add ice and strain into a mixing glass into glass with sugar and bitter mixture. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.

What makes Coopers’ Craft Bourbon Unique?

Nearly 150 years ago, when Brown Forman began bottling bourbon, they recognized the importance of craftsmanship and the role of the wooden barrel as an essential ingredient. Since 1945 they have been raising their own new barrels; and now are the only major distiller to do so.

Photo credit Nabila Verushka