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This bourbon-based cocktail, created by Scott Koehl of Ada St. in Chicago, celebrates summer’s bounty with a big hit of corn.

INGREDIENTS

1 oz. sweet corn-infused Booker’s bourbon (see below)
¼ oz. Demerara sugar
6 dashes house-made tobacco bitters (Look for Marie Laveau or Perique® Tobacco liqueur)
2 dashes Angostura bitters
½ oz. cold spring water
1 corn husk

DIRECTIONS

Build ingredients directly in a short rocks glass over ice. Stir gently and garnish with a charred corn husk.

For sweet corn-infused Booker’s bourbon

Soak corn in bourbon for 48 hours at room temperature. Strain to remove corn.

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