Harvest Smash

Chip Tyndale, Dutch Kills and Flatiron Lounge | New York

Harvest Smash Cocktail Recipe

“This was actually the first drink I ever came up,” Tyndale says of this Whiskey Smash variation. Here, he opts for an applejack base (“a brown liquor that would be appealing to everyone”) in the classic smash template, alongside muddled blueberries.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces applejack, preferably Laird's Bonded Applejack
  • 2 ounces applejack, preferably Laird's Bonded Applejack
  • 3 lemon quarters
  • 3 lemon quarters
  • 1/2 ounce demerara syrup (2:1, sugar:water)
  • 1/2 ounce demerara syrup (2:1, sugar:water)
  • 3-5 blueberries
  • 3-5 blueberries
  • small handful of mint
  • small handful of mint

Garnish: mint sprig, three blueberries on a pick

Directions
  1. Muddle the lemons, blueberries and mint in a mixing tin.
  2. Add apple brandy and demerara syrup and shake with ice.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass over cracked or Kold Draft ice.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig and three blueberries on a pick.

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