Easter Cocktail

The week leading up to Easter and now a couple of days since have been wrought with angst and issues.

What sort of issues?

1. Missing cats (found after 4+ hours of searching)

2. Connor’s 1:30 AM backed-up kitchen sink – which led to apartment flooding, stinking, and day-long cleanup (not his fault, came from the apartments above him)

3. Connor’s car problems – are still ongoing … now into day eight

4. Quadruple water bills at our house (obviously a leak, but not one that has yet been found)

5. Ongoing care for a parent who had surgery and a subsequent fall

With all that and the fact that I gave up alcohol for Lent, it should come as no surprise that the first recipe I’m going to share from our Easter dinner is a cocktail recipe!

The “Much Needed” Easter Cocktail

8 ounces (1 cup) bourbon
2 ounces (1/4 cup) lime juice
2 ounces (1/4 cup) maple syrup
Ginger beer, chilled

Lime wheels, garnish

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the bourbon, lime juice, and maple syrup.

Shake, strain, and divide between four ice-filled glasses. Top with chilled ginger beer and garnish with a lime wheel.

Serves 4

Inspired by The Nor’easter Cocktail at Brooklyn’s Char No. 4