This recipe says it's great for a "Cocktails with the Cleavers" party, though I don't remember the Cleavers drinking anything stronger than coffee (unless they were getting all tipsy when the boys went to bed). But I get their point, it's for a retro party, and it sounds strong.
It's the Jack Rabbit, and it's made with bourbon, sugar, and lemons. Lots and lots of lemons.
The Jack Rabbit
1 750 ml bottle of bourbon
1 cup of superfine sugar
12 lemons
Dissolve sugar in bourbon in a large glass pitcher. Cut lemons and squeeze juice into mix. Toss rinds in and put in fridge overnight. The next day put 1 1/2 to 2 oz of the mix into a shaker and shake. Strain into highball glass over ice, with lemon peel.
I'm not a big bourbon drinker, but what exactly does the sugar do to this drink that makes it more than just straight bourbon with lemon?
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1-24-2007 @ 5:59PM
Hawk said...
What does the sugar do? Make it into a big effing whiskey sour instead of cough-inducing bourbon with lemon.
It's also really similar to the lemon + honey + whiskey cold remedy of my youth.
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1-24-2007 @ 6:17PM
Foodie Bride said...
Wow. That *is* a lot of lemons.
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1-24-2007 @ 6:57PM
kellie said...
i love lemons, i will try this!! but what is with all sugar? geez!!
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1-26-2007 @ 5:21PM
LeisureGuy said...
I recall a William Faulkner short story in which the villain was exposed when he tried to make a drink by dissolving sugar in the whiskey instead of the water.
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1-27-2007 @ 4:19PM
MJ said...
Great one! Love Jim and Jack........That is a huge amount of lemons! Preserving them or what? Hey, your going to need the sugar with all the lemon. I will call it my special lemonade..........LOL
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