Cocktails
Maple Old Fashioned
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Charles Goodnight Bourbon 1⁄4 ounce pure maple syrup
- Three dashes orange bitters
Directions
- Add Charles Goodnight Bourbon, pure maple syrup, and orange bitters to a mixing glass filled with ice.
- Stir well to combine and chill.
- Strain the mixture into a lowball glass over a large ice cube.
- Garnish with a twist of orange peel.
- Serve and enjoy!
Neat
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Charles Goodnight Bourbon
Directions
- Pour the bourbon into a lowball glass.
- Enjoy!
Suggested Pairing
Pair Charles Goodnight Bourbon with a “Texas-sized” tomahawk steak or any steak of your choice for a perfect combination.
Texas Old Fashioned
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Charles Goodnight Bourbon
- 1⁄4 ounce pure simple syrup
- Three dashes orange bitters
Directions
- Add Charles Goodnight Bourbon, pure simple syrup, and orange bitters to a mixing glass filled with ice.
- Stir well to combine and chill.
- Strain the mixture into a lowball glass over a large ice cube.
- Garnish with a twist of orange peel.
- Serve and enjoy!
The Paper Plane
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 ounce Charles Goodnight Bourbon
- 3⁄4 ounce Amaro Nonino
- 3⁄4 ounce lemon juice
- 3⁄4 ounce Aperol
Directions
- Add Charles Goodnight Bourbon, Amaro Nonino, lemon juice, and Aperol into a shaker filled with ice.
- Shake until well-chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a coupe glass.
- Serve and enjoy!
Whiskey Sour
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Charles Goodnight Bourbon
- 3⁄4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1⁄2 ounce simple syrup
- 1⁄2 ounce egg white (optional)
Directions
- Add Charles Goodnight Bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white (if using) to a shaker.
- Shake vigorously without ice for 15 seconds.
- Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a lowball glass without ice.
- Garnish with a few drops of bitters on the egg white head.
- Serve and enjoy!
The Goodnight Kiss
Ingredients
- 2 oz Charles Goodnight bourbon
- 1 oz Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- Maraschino cherries garnish
Directions
Fill pint glass with ice and Charles Goodnight Bourbon, Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth, and Angostura bitters. Stir and strain into martini glass. Garnish with three Maraschino cherries on a silver toothpick balanced on edge of glass.
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz Charles Goodnight Bourbon
- ¾ oz Ancho Reyes liqueur
- ½ oz lime juice
- ½ oz amaro
- Garnish: sage leaf
Directions
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, add ice. Set fire to a sprig of sage and hold the glass upside down over it to capture the smoke. Shake the cocktail and strain it into a martini glass. Pin leaves to rim of glass.
Texas Roadhouse
Ingredients
- 1 ½ oz bacon-washed Charles Goodnight Bourbon*
- 2 oz corn water*
- ¾ oz lemon juice
- ¾ oz cherry syrup
- Splash tonic
- Garnish: cherries with optional strip of crispy bacon
Directions
Shake all ingredients with ice, except tonic. Strain over fresh ice into a highball glass. Add splash tonic. Stir. Add garnish.
*Bacon-washed Charles Goodnight Bourbon: add 2 tablespoons bacon fat to 1 cup bourbon. Chill in fridge overnight. Strain.
*Corn water: blend yellow corn kernels in food processor. Strain. Use liquid.
Private Jet
Ingredients
- ¾ oz Charles Goodnight Bourbon
- ¾ oz Aperol
- ¾ oz Ramazzotti
- 1 ½ oz fresh orange juice
- Garnish: chocolate dipped
- Dehydrated blood orange wheel
Directions
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a coupe or martini cocktail glass. Add garnish by pinning it to the rim of the drink with a mini cocktail clothespin or on the side of the glass.
Lone Star
Ingredients
- 1 oz Charles Goodnight Bourbon
- 1 oz dry vermouth
- 1 oz Giffard Vanilla de Madagascar
- ½ oz Campari
- Ganish: edible flower or orange twist
Directions
Stir ingredients with ice. Strain into a coupe or martini cocktail glass. Add flowers.
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THE BOURBON
Charles Goodnight Straight Bourbon Whiskey is made from Texas-grown corn and water sourced from deep local underground aquifers. The mash bill is packed with rye – 36% to be exact – for a peppery spice to complement the sweetness of the corn.