Gold Rush

T. J. Siegel, Milk & Honey | New York City

Gold Rush Cocktail Recipe

This cocktail was one of the early breakout successes at Milk & Honey, which was opened in 1999 by T.J. Siegal’s childhood friend, Sasha Petraske. Now served and enjoyed around the world, the Gold Rush is Siegal’s main claim to fame.

It’s an achievement made all the more remarkable considering that Siegal is not primarily a bartender. In fact, he came up with the idea for the Gold Rush not while standing behind the bar at Milk & Honey, but while sitting at it, sometime in 2000.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces bourbon, preferably Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • 2 ounces bourbon, preferably Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice
  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice
  • 3/4 ounce honey syrup (3:1, honey:water)
  • 3/4 ounce honey syrup (3:1, honey:water)

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake with ice.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.