An easy, refreshing recipe. The Ben Hanten

(use a smaller glass, or add more bourbon!)

I’m a big fan of a lot of different alcohol styles, especially beer, Scotch, bourbon, and, to a lesser extent, rum. That means most of my drinks are mixed with nothing at all; either a draft beer, or a cocktail that consists of nothing but Bourbon and ice.  However, there are times where adding other ingredients takes your drink to another level (although it’s hard to beat what Oban and Knob Creek offer right out of the bottle). So here’s a very simple one for you.

• Fill a lowball with ice.
• Add 2 ounces of bourbon; use Jim Beam or better.
• Squeeze all the juice from half a lemon. No seeds, please.
• Squeeze all the juice from about 1/3 of an orange.
• Do not garnish.
• Stir.

I’m sure there is a named recipe out there for this awesome drink, but I don’t know what it is. So until we discover what that might be, we’re calling it the Ben Hanten, as was suggested by someone on Friend Feed. And if you want to make it double the awesome, add two dashes of Angostura bitters.

Update: I found something somewhat similar called the Bourbon Squash over at Trader Tiki. Do yourself a favor, though: skip the sugar, make the bourbon more of a feature, and add a few dashes of bitters. That’s the Ben Hanten.