The 6 Ingredients That Will Transform Your Bourbon

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Celebrate #30DaysofBourbon by drinking the brown stuff like you mean it.

Simplicity is key when making cocktails at home.

Though it's hard not to love a basic whiskey and ginger ale, sometimes it's exactly that: basic. Then again, more than three or four ingredients in one glass can spell disaster for your kitchen and your drinks.

But when armed with a small arsenal of mixing supplies, your at-home bourbon cocktail-drinking experience improves ten-fold. And what you need beyond the basic kitchen supplies is surprisingly limited.

The six ingredients you need at the ready:

• Sweet vermouth
  
• Campari
  
• Simple syrup
  
• Angostura bitters
  
• Lemon
  
• Soda water

First things first. From your cupboard, you'll need sugar (combine it with water for a batch of simple syrup), fresh lemon juice (save the peel!) and soda water.

Next up: Buy bottles of sweet vermouth and Campari--and don't forget the dropper of Angostura Bitters, which you may even be able to pick up at the grocery store.


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