Serve the perfect Father’s Day cocktail and toast them with a drink that’s worthy of them. Celebrate Dad.  Assuming your dad likes a good mixed drink, Father’s Day drinks are a fun way to bond with dads, granddads, and the rest of the family.

The All-American

• 1 ½ parts bacon infused Maker’s Mark bourbon*
• ¼ part maple syrup
• 3-4 dashes angostura bitters
• Strip of cooked bacon for garnish

1.  In a rocks glass, stir bitters and maple, top with bacon infused bourbon.
2. Add ice and garnish with a strip of cooked bacon.

Bacon infused bourbon

• 3-4 strips of bacon
• 750 ml bourbon

1. Cook 3-4 strips of thick bacon, enough to yield 1 ounce of fat (eat the bacon after!).
2. Once bacon fat has cooled to room temperature, pour in to a storage container.
3. Add 750mL bourbon, cover and freeze overnight.
4. Using a fine mesh sieve, strain bourbon in to a new container removing large bits of bacon.
5. Lastly, double strain your bourbon back in to the bottle.

Godfather Cocktail Recipe

• 1 1/2 ounces Scotch whisky
• 1/2 ounce amaretto liqueur

1. Build the ingredients in an old-fashioned glass with ice cubes.
2. Stir well.
3. Garnish with orange peel

Lounge Lizard

• 1 1/2 ounces dark rum
• 1/2 ounce amaretto liqueur
• 8 ounces Cola (or enough to top off a Collins glass)

1. Pour the dark rum and amaretto into a collins glass filled with ice.
2. Top with cola.
3. Stir well.