Makes two cocktails
6 basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1/2 oz. balsamic vinegar
4 oz. bourbon
6 oz. ginger beer
Muddle 4 basil leaves with the brown sugar and balsamic vinegar in a cocktail shaker.
Add the bourbon and ice.
Shake vigorously.
Strain over 1 ice cube into two highball glasses.
Top off with 3 oz of ginger beer per glass.
Add a basil leaf for garnish.
This recipe is based off of the “Bufala Negra” at H.Harper Station in Atlanta. They don’t publish quantities, so we guessed.
What does it mean to muddle?
To muddle is basically to smush. Put your ingredients in the bottom of a mixing glass and take a blunt wooden object and smush it all together in the bottom. A far more extensive set of directions and background information can be found here:
http://cocktails.about.com/od/cocktailspeak/g/muddle_spk.htm