The Mary Greene

Name: The Mary Greene
Yield: Makes 1 drink
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 ounces (½ cup) diet ginger ale, chilled; 3 dashes cherry or orange bitters; 1 maraschino cherry plus; 1 teaspoon maraschino cherry syrup; ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice; 1¼ ounces bourbon; Crushed ice

Preparation info

Makes
1
drink

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All

By Mary Martha Greene

Published 2021

About

While we are all capable of fixing our own cocktails, isn’t it nice to sit back every once in a while, rattle the ice in your glass, and have some nice, young gentleman get up and fix it for you?

Ingredients

Crushed ice
1¼ ounces bourbon
½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice

Americas
United States
Gluten-free
South Carolina
Drinks
Vegan

Method

Per Johnny’s instructions: Begin with a 10-ounce sterling-silver mint julep cup. Half fill the cup with the crushed ice. Combine the bourbon, lime juice, and bitters in the cup and then add the cherry and cherry syrup. Stir with a sterling-silver iced teaspoon. Fill to the top with the diet ginge