U have all month to celebrate and taste Miami's greatest bourbon cocktails.

We've compiled the best places to sip bourbon cocktails and are even giving U the top secret recipes to recreate the masterpieces at home. 

Monkitail at The Diplomat Beach Resort

Cocktail: The Monkitail

Chef Michael Schulson’s Monkitail at The Diplomat Beach Resort offers a smoky twist on a classic bourbon with The Monkitail, made with a delicious blend of Bourbon, Rye, Vermouth and Barrel Stave Smoke. Available at the modern Japanese restaurant in Hollywood, this drink will have you ordering seconds and snapping pics to send to family and friends - it's that good.

Recipe:

1 oz Maker’s Mark

1 oz Bulleit Bourbon

.5 oz Sweet Vermouth

.5 oz Dry Vermouth

2 dashes Angostura Bitters

2 dashes Orange Bitters

Method: Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Stir, and strain into a carafe. Smoke a snifter with crushed cinnamon and clove, and pour contents from the carafe into the snifter.

Planta South Beach

Cocktail: Charcoal Bourbon Sour

The 100% plant-based restaurant’s elevated twist on a whiskey sour is infused with activated charcoal to create a distinct black cocktail, mixed with High West bourbon and lemon, and topped with aquafaba for a frothy finish.

Recipe:

1.5 oz High West Bourbon

1 oz Aquafaba

1 oz Fresh Lemon

1 oz Activated Charcoal Syrup (20 oz water, 20 oz sugar, 8 oz charcoal powder)

Method: Begin with the activated charcoal syrup - bring 20 oz of water to a boil, then add 20 oz of sugar. Once sugar is dissolved, add 8 oz of charcoal powder mix, then let cool. Combine bourbon, fresh lemon, activated charcoal syrup and aquafaba in a cocktail shaker, mix and strain into a cocktail glass.

Doc B’s

Cocktail: A Whiskey Smash

Description: Doc B’s, best known for its fresh ingredients and flavorful menu, offers cocktails ‘on tap’ to cut down prep time for the bartender and get into the hands of thirsty guests much faster. One of the standout on tap cocktails is the Whiskey Smash, made with Straight Bourbon, lemon, mint, tonic and crushed ice.

Recipe:

1.75 oz. Straight Bourbon Whiskey
4-5 Large, Fresh Mint Leaves
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Juice of 1 Medium-sized Lemon (approx. 2oz of lemon juice)
Muddle fresh mint with house made simple syrup
Fill rocks glass with ice
Add Straight Bourbon
Add fresh lemon juice to glass
Stir thoroughly with bar spoon and serve

Ideal For

sipping celebratory cocktails all month long