Mike's Mix: Mercury Express At Mercury Dining Room & Rail
Each week, Mike Augustyniak finds a new cocktail from a local mixologist. This weekend, he heads to downtown Minneapolis to try a bourbon cocktail with a sweet twist.
Mercury Express
- 1 oz Maker's Mark Bourbon
- 2 oz Aperol
- ¾ oz honey simple syrup *
- ¾ oz fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
- Club soda
* To make honey simple syrup: heat 1 part honey in 1 part water until honey dissolves (but not to boiling). Cool and use, or store in the refrigerator.
Instructions:
Muddle rosemary and Aperol in bottom of a mixing glass. Add remaining ingredients (except soda) and shake with ice until chilled. Double strain into a Collins glass with fresh ice. Top with soda.
Mercury Dining Room and Rail is a modern bistro located in the Soo Line Building in downtown Minneapolis, and owned by Blue Plate Restaurant Company. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and serve a menu that's "a little bit French, a little bit southern, and a lot American."
