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A Summertime bourbon peach cocktail to quench those dog days. Bourbon, peach, mint and ginger come together to create a flavor packed sipper; The Bourbon Peach Smash!

Two tall glasses of Bourbon Peach Smash topped with ice and mint.

I really feel like gushing over this cocktail, y’all.

It’s that good.

But If I gushed over every recipe I share here, I think y’all’ll start leaving (can you believe that’s a word? I heard it in Texas – just sayin’).  Thing is, everything I share here is food I love and it would be easy for me to gush every. single. time. So can I just make sure we have an understanding, between us, of food shared here…  that I’m gushing behind the scenes?

Okay.

Ingredients for the Bourbon Peach Smash with knife and steel muddler on a table.

A few years ago when my Ma came up, all the way from Texas, she introduced me to Bourbon Peach Smash. One of our first orders of business was to make this drink and chocolate babka.

We did both.

At the same time.

I recommend not drinking Peach Smash while devouring babka (i.e. any sweet baked good) because there’s too much sweetness going on to appreciate one or the other. However, it’s perfectly okay to sip Peach Smash while in the midst of mixing dough, chopping chocolate, letting dough rise (make another Smash.. while you wait), rolling out dough, filling it, letting it rise again, and baking babka.

It’s an all day event! 

A small pot with sugar, mint and ginger surrounded by other ingredients for Peach Bourbon Cocktail. A pot's mixture is strained int o a small glass bowl.Pieces of peach, mint and simple syrup are added to two tall glasses and muddled with a steel muddler.

Ever since then, this is the Summer cocktail. Refreshing, sweet, cold, gingery, minty and oh so peachy.

Ingredients for Bourbon Peach Smash

This Peach Bourbon Cocktail comes together in 10 minutes and requires only a few ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need:

  • Simple Syrup
  • Fresh Peaches
  • Mint 
  • Bourbon 
  • Ice
  • Ginger Ale
  • Crushed Ice

If you’re serving a crowd, the recipe can be easily scaled to make a pitcher, then served as a punch or poured over ice. Just make sure everyone gets some juicy bits of peach.

How to Make this Bourbon Peach Cocktail

Make the simple syrup days in advance so it’s nice and chill when ready to make this smash up! No fancy glasses needed, share in high ball glasses or 16oz Mason jars. Here’s how to make it: 

  • First, make the simple syrup by adding equal parts sugar and water to a sauce pan (add mint to for more minty freshness!). Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat and cool in the refrigerator. 
  • Next, in a high ball glass, add the peaches, mint and simple syrup. Muddle the ingredients 5-6 times. Add the bourbon, then fill the glass with crushed ice. 
  • Last, top off with cold ginger ale and stir well pulling the peach/syrup mixture to the top.

Fizzy Peach Bourbon in a tall glass with another glass of it topped with mint in the background.

These would make fabulous poptails.  

And the babka. That’ll be happening again when my mom arrives along with this peach smash.

For more fresh fruit sippers, check out:

A tall glass of Bourbon Peach Smash with ice decorated with mint and candied ginger.
Print Recipe

Bourbon Peach Smash

Prep Time:10 minutes
Total Time:10 minutes
Servings:1 Serving
Calories:204kcal
Author:Traci York
A Summertime cocktail to quench those dog days. Bourbon, peach, mint and ginger come together to create a flavor packed sipper.

Ingredients

For the Simple Syrup (Yields 2-3 Servings):

  • 1/2 C Cane Sugar 120g
  • 1/2 C Water 116g
  • 1 leaves Stem of Mint and stem
  • 1 " Nob of Fresh Ginger sliced thin

For the Cocktail (1 Serving):

  • 1/2 of a Large Peach cut into cubes, skin on
  • 4-5 Leaves Mint
  • 1 oz Simple Syrup 28g
  • 1 1/2 oz Bourbon* 43g
  • Crushed Ice
  • Ginger Ale cold
  • Candied Ginger for garnish (optional)

Instructions

For the Simple Syrup:

  • In a small sauce-pot add the sugar, water, mint and ginger. Bring to a boil, swirl the pot gently to mix the ingredients, turn heat down and simmer until the sugar is dissolved. Strain and set aside in the refrigerator to cool. The syrup can be made several days in advance and stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

For the Cocktail:

  • In 16oz (454g) highball glass, add the peach pieces, mint and simple syrup. Muddle the ingredients 5-6 times. Add the bourbon, then fill the glass with crushed ice. I fill mine to the rim. Top off with cold ginger ale and stir well pulling the peach/syrup mixture to the top.
  • Garnish with mint and an optional piece of candied ginger.

Notes

*I used Maker's Mark Bourbon, but have also used Crown Royal in this recipe with delicious results.
Nutrition is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate. If this information is important to you, please have it verified independently.
Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
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  2. Sounds delicious! Going to make this weekend for Labor Day festivities. What bourbon did y’all use for your cocktails?

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  4. Ok while a cool summer drink is fine anytime of the year, could this be adapted to a warmed winter drink? I’m thinking sweaters and blankets shared around a firepit outside a cool fall eveming.
    I wouldn’t want to give up peaches and Bourbon just because the air cools a bit!
    Barbara Ann

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    • I wonder if it could be adapted to a warm drink… hummm. If you try it, let us know how it turns out! I love the visualization, Barbara Ann! Around the fire pit with a warm cup in hand.. awwwh, the sounds of Fall. :D

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  5. Oh my Tracie! What a gorgeous cocktail… It is the carnival week here in the Caribbean and I am making this tomorrow. Ahhh people will go crazy over it.. :P

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  7. Traci this is exactly what I want to be drinking all summer long! As soon as summer arrives down here again I’ll be celebrating with some bourbon peach smashes for sure :) And making chocolate babka too! Drinking and baking sounds like the perfect combination :)

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  9. Holy heck! Yes please! Love that shot of the fizz popping out of the glass :D

    p.s. thought I had commented on this already but I must have typed it and not hit send before leaving the page? Haha, sorry if you get two from me!

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  12. You must be tired of hearing this by now..but Traci..that last pic!! Seriously, its past 1:30 am in India and all i want is to get peach smashed!! DOn’t know what a babka is..but if it has chocolate and since you love it, Im in!! Making this soon.. Although do u think this could work with pineapples too??

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    • Awh, thank you Swayam! Oooh, babka is this rich dough, like brioche, rolled out like cinnamon rolls with chocolate spread over it. It’s then rolled up, twisted and baked. It is out of this world!

      I think pineapples would be delicious! What a fabulous idea! :D

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  13. This looks absolutely amazing!!! Being a teenager comes with obvious problems with trying this recipe so I’ll just admire your photos -which are absolutely gorgeous btw… :DDD

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    • Oh, sorry Thalia. I know your in the midst of winter.. but put it on your list! Summertime is just around the corner for you, then I’ll be wishing I was in Aus!

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  20. 5 stars
    Can I say how happy that last picture makes me? Truth is – you need no words – that photo – with the fizz dancing above the glass – says it all! Love this, my friend! My hubby will love it, too! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Thank you my dear! The fizz makes me giddy… we all need more fizz in our lives, so there ya go! I hope your hubby loves it, Annie! :D

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  23. Traci, don’t worry, the understanding that your blog is place for growling stomachs and drooling is cemented in. While you may be gushing behind the camera, I’m gushing behind my screen! I mean, just look at those peaches – gorgeous! And the flavor combo with the ginger and mint…gahhhh <3 This is the cocktail I want to order at a restaurant but can never seem to find. Let's get together and sip on these as we cry/laugh over how these summer mosquitos can't seem to stay away from us. <3

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    • LOL – lets gush together. Okay? Over your pastries, of late those incredible palmiers, and we’ll drink to delicious food and forget about the darn mosquitoes! :D

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  24. that’s a lot of y’alls for sure but I think my favorite line is ‘by the time the babka’s done you’re smashed’ it all came together for me at that point :D. Curious whether the babka comes from your mom’s background or is it something you started making… I hope to hear all about it in one of your upcoming posts. This drink sounds divine and I love the chunky pieces of peach. Do you end up drinking it with a spoon or just allow the pieces to shimmy on down the glass at the end? :) Isn’t mint the best refresher? Just love it in summer cocktails. Beautiful Traci.

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    • Babka is quite a process, so it’s always advantages to have a little drinky standing by between the waaiting! And the babka will be making an appearance at some point. With my Ma, it’ll be that or we’ve talked about hand pies… Oh the peaches, good point, Kelly. Indeed have a spoon standing by to scoop out all those soaked peaches.. It’s soo good! Thank you my dear! :D

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  25. You had me chuckling while reading this, Traci! Is your baking secret that you’re always a bit smashed? ;) In all seriousness, this looks like an absolutely wonderful cocktail. With this and your mojito, I think you’d be able to throw a pretty stellar party! I’m going to have to make this for my husband soon – he’s a big bourbon fan!

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  27. Gorgeous presentation. I love peachy cocktails! ~PINNED~ Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We’d love to have you for a visit. The Door Opens Tonight at 9pm Pacific Time! :)

    ~Lorelai
    Life With Lorelai

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