Check Out Boone & Crockett’s Bright New Cocktail

Check Out Boone & Crockett’s Bright New Cocktail

This bourbon-based drink with limoncello and apricot jam is only around while a rare barrel lasts.

“Taste of Sunshine,” the name of this cocktail from Boone & Crockett, has a special barrel of Old Forester bourbon and a Grateful Dead song (“Sunshine Daydream”) to thank for its conception.

When the Harbor District bar gets a barrel like this (and it’s not often), they want to do something special with it, says co-owner, and Deadhead, Emily Dell Revord.

That bourbon – along with the limoncello, apricot jam, fresh sage and grapefruit hibiscus bitters in this drink – qualifies as special. The cocktail will last at least as long as the barrel bourbon, she says, expecting that to be well into fall. 818 S. Water St.


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Ann Christenson has covered dining for Milwaukee Magazine since 1997. She was raised on a diet of casseroles that started with a pound of ground beef and a can of Campbell's soup. Feel free to share any casserole recipes with her.