Holler Honey Grenadine Rocks

Y'all pull up a stool on this outlaw porch and let me pour you a devil water that hits sweeter than honey from a stolen hive. Bourbon brings the backbone, Free

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Ingredients

2 oz bourbon - smoother than a greased pig at the county fair
0.75 oz honey - sweet as a possum's grin after raiding the hive
0.5 oz grenadine - that ruby red shine straight from the back-bar still
6 mint leaves - fresh enough to slap the sass out of a skeeter
1 lemon wheel - tart as a preacher's sermon on Sunday
1 orange peel - zesty twist from the orchard out back
Ice cubes - cold as a mean dog's stare on a winter night

Directions

Chill that rocks glass in the ice bucket till it sweats like a sinner in church.
Measure out 2 oz of that back-porch bourbon and pour it right into the glass.
Drizzle in 0.75 oz honey and give it a quick stir with the bar spoon to dissolve the sweet.
Add 0.5 oz grenadine for that deep red color and a splash of old-time shine.
Toss in the mint leaves and muddle gentle-like so the aroma wakes up without bruising.
Fill the glass with ice cubes till it's packed tighter than a tick on a hound.
Shake everything hard in the shaker for 10 seconds to marry the flavors.
Strain back into the chilled rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with the lemon wheel, orange peel twist, and a mint sprig on top.
Give it one last gentle stir and slide it across the wet wood rail.

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