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Rye Whiskey Smash

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Course: Cocktail
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 5 or so mint leaves
  • 3 maraschino cherries (real ones, and more for garnish if you wish)
  • 3 ounces rye whiskey
  • squeeze of lemon
  • 1 small mint sprig for garnish

Method
 

  1. Combine the sugar, mint, and 3 cherries in a cocktail shaker. Thoroughly muddle them. (Pulverize them in a mortar if you wish.) Add the rye to the shaker and muddle some more.
  2. Pour into a double old-fashioned glass filled with ice.
  3. Garnish with a squeeze of lemon, extra cherries, and the mint sprig.