The Spiced Pear Bourbon Smash is a soft, fragrant cocktail with a fresh-fruit center. Pear brings gentle sweetness, lemon brightens the glass, mint keeps it from feeling too heavy, and warm spice gives the drink seasonal shape. It is approachable, pretty, and especially good when pears are ripe and aromatic.
Spiced Pear Bourbon Smash
A fresh pear and bourbon smash with lemon, mint, cinnamon, and crushed ice.
Glass
Rocks glass
Method
Muddled and shaken
Serves
1
Profile
Pear, spice, bourbon
Ingredients
- 2 oz bourbon
- 3 thin slices ripe pear
- 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 oz spiced pear syrup or cinnamon syrup
- 6 fresh mint leaves
- Crushed ice
- Pear fan and mint sprig, for garnish
Suggested Brand
A suggested option for the bourbon base.
Method
- Gently muddle pear slices, mint, lemon juice, and syrup in a shaker.
- Add bourbon and ice.
- Shake until chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice and garnish with pear and mint.
Bar Tools
- Muddler
- Cocktail shaker
- Jigger
- Cocktail strainer
- Citrus press
Whiskey Scene Notes
A bourbon with vanilla, caramel, and baking spice works beautifully here. If your pear is very ripe, reduce the syrup slightly so the drink stays fresh instead of becoming too sweet.
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