So the holidays are here and you need your bourbon intake, because you went full Griswald. but you want something a little more festive. Maybe something you can put into a rocks glass or even a Collins glass. Bartenders, stop yelling at me, it’s fine. But, this is a great way to walk around a Christmas party with a drink that makes people think, “Oh look, there’s a little booze and some sort of mixer in that glass, how festive and responsible”. This will shut the “You have to have a creamy, sweet, pepperminty, pine cone flavored” crowd right the hell up!

Well the joke is on them. It is all booze.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces high proof bourbon, anything over 100 proof
  I want to taste the bourbon. If you are a dainty one, use whatever.
• 1 ounce Campari
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
  Do not buy the cheap stuff. You don’t use a lot, spend the extra few bucks and keep it in the fridge.
• Large ice cube, sphere or whatever shape you little freaks like to make ice in

Instructions

Grab a mixing glass, a Yatzee cup, or even a mixing bowl. I don’t care.

Add the bourbon, Campari and sweet vermouth. Drop in your large ice cube and stir well. Yes, you can shake it if you must. *CAUTION* If a bartender sees you shake a Boulevardier, they will immediately require mental health counseling. But I digress.

Strain into a rocks glass or a Collins glass. Again, it’s fine, you can put it into a high heel if it is that sort of party.

Garnish Options, LIKE REALLY OPTIONAL

Most people will tell you to add an orange twist. That is perfectly acceptable adn traditional.
You can also toss in a Luxardo cherry, just for fun.
Hell, it’s the holidays. Throw a damned Christmas tree in there if you want. I’m not your Dad.

Optional Holiday Chaos Mode

If you want to extend the drink and add a little extra HO HO HO to it, you can top it off with seltzer. This will deeply offend every bartender who knows that the Boulevardier was created in the 1920s in Paris by a super French guy named something like “Zuper Français” who never intended such an atrocity.

You may respond to their outrage by locking eyes with them, smiling warmly and chugging the entire glass. Then immediately begin making another without breaking eye contact.

It’s your drink. You do you.

Merry Christmas, you filthy animal.

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