Peach Bourbon Smash

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A Peach Bourbon Smash is the perfect refreshing Southern cocktail for those nice sunny days. It’s easy to make with a slice of sweet fresh, juicy ripe peach, tangy lemon juice, rich, smooth bourbon, simple syrup, and a few other ingredients.

Suitable for Vegan and Gluten Free diets.

two completed peach bourbon smash cocktails garnished with fresh fruit and mint leaves

If you’re looking for a nice invigorating drink, you’ve gotta try this Bourbon Smash Recipe. It’s a smooth and sweet cocktail that is great for parties, holidays and the perfect choice when you just want a drink to enjoy. 

What’s super exciting is that this whiskey mixed drink recipe only uses 5 ingredients plus your optional garnish. Shake it up in your handy cocktail shaker or make it right in the pitcher and you’ve got the perfect drink on the rocks in just a few mins. 

This is a good drink recipe to serve at get togethers and is simple enough to double or triple for some friends or family. Plus, it’s such an adaptable drink to suite everyone’s taste buds. You can easily swap out the fruit and garnish suggestions. If you love Southern Sweet Peach Tea, you’ll love this drink too.

close up view of a peach bourbon smash

Why You’ll Love This Sweet Mixed Drink

  • Crowd pleaser and easy to duplicate for a crowd
  • Adaptable – many ways to make this smash drink
  • Can prep ahead 

What is a Bourbon Smash?

Typically, a smash cocktail is an iced mixed drink that spotlights delicious slices of fruit and complementary herbs. This beverage is very flexible depending on your tastes and what you have available.

As the name is a Bourbon Smash, it’s usually made with Bourbon, but can be made with your spirit of choice, like vodka, bourbon or whiskey. 

Traditionally, this drink is served in an Old Fashioned Glass on the rocks (over ice).

Peach Bourbon Smash 

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Cocktail Ingredients

  • ripe juicy peach slices
  • juice from half a lemon
  • simple syrup
  • bourbon
  • ginger beer 
  • fresh peach slices and mint for garnish

How To Make A Peach Bourbon Smash Drink

  1. Add peach slices, lemon juice and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker or pitcher and muddle all the ingredients.
  2. Add in the bourbon and mix.
  3. Strain and pour the mixture into glasses filled with ice.
  4. Top with ginger beer or club soda and garnish with peach slices and your herb of choice.
two peach bourbon smash cocktails next to a fresh peach

Drink Recipe Tips

  • Choose your favorite Bourbon to make your drink.
  • You can substitute the ginger beer for club soda; see variation ideas below.
  • Feel free to garnish or swap out fruit choices with all sorts of different colorful fruits, depending on what you have on hand. Nectarines and Apricots work really well in this drink.
  • You can sub out the simple syrup for other sweeteners too. 
  • Chill or even freeze your garnishes so that the drink stays cold colder longer.

How Do You Make Simple Syrup?

  1. You would mix equal quantities of granulated sugar and water in a pan.
  2. Place the pan over a medium flame and stir occasionally until the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Allow the syrup cool before decanting it into a container.
  4. Keep the syrup in the fridge until required.

Bourbon Peach Smash Variations

Whilst this version is one of my favorite smash drink recipes – I have created many other versions based on what I have available and what guests might like. 

If you don’t have Ginger Beer or don’t care for it, no worries, you can always use other mixers, such as:

  • club soda
  • seltzer water
  • champagne
top down view of fresh peaches ready to be sliced and used for the peach bourbon smash recipe

And you can swap in whatever fresh fruit you have available for the peaches. Some fun fruit substitutions to try include:

  • cherries
  • apricots
  • nectarines
  • blueberries
  • blackberries
  • strawberries
  • oranges
  • limes

You can change out your herb garnishes as well. Others you might want to try are thyme, rosemary and basil. 

Interested in a different sweetener other than simple syrup? Try using honey, maple syrup or homemade sugar syrup. 

Prep Ahead and Storage

Prep Ahead – If you are going to make it ahead, then mix step 1 and 2 together but do not pour over ice or add in any garnishes until you are ready to serve.

Storage – You can store this Whiskey Cocktail in the fridge for at least 12 hours with no problem at all.

a finished peach bourbon smash cocktail

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two completed peach bourbon smash cocktails garnished with fresh fruit and mint leaves
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5 from 2 votes

Peach Bourbon Smash

Peach Bourbon Smash is a smooth and sweet Southern cocktail.
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American, southern, Western
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 282kcal
Author: Bintu Hardy

Ingredients

  • 1 peaches sliced sliced
  • 1/2 Juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 ounces (90ml) simple syrup
  • 4 ounces (120ml) bourbon more or less to taste
  • ginger beer for topping
  • fresh peach slices and mint for garnish

Instructions

  • Add peach slices, lemon juice and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker or pitcher and muddle all the ingredients.
  • Add in the bourbon and mix.
  • Strain and pour the mixture into glasses filled with ice.
  • Top with ginger beer and garnish with peach slices and your herb of choice.
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Notes

  • Choose your favorite Bourbon to make your drink.
  • You can substitute the ginger beer for club soda; see variation ideas below.
  • Feel free to garnish or swap out fruit choices with all sorts of different colorful fruits, depending on what you have on hand. Nectarines and Apricots work really well in this drink.
  • You can sub out the simple syrup for other sweeteners too. 
  • Chill or even freeze your garnishes so that the drink stays cold colder longer.

Nutrition

Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 2mg

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2 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Wow. This is the perfect drink for this season! So light and refreshing, I just LOVE the peach in it! Thanks for sharing 😀

  2. 5 stars
    I made this for my husband and he loved it! I love it too! Will definitely be making this again. Thanks!!