The Rachel Maddow Show   |  February 01, 2013

Cocktail Moment: Gold Rush

Rachel Maddow describes the proper way to make a Gold Rush cocktail.

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>>> okay. so it's friday, but we are not doing an official cocktail moment tonight. however, if one was going to put together a little something special to get ready for our final story tonight, i realize now that it might be helpful to know in advance that our final story tonight pays homage to the honey badger . so this isn't a cocktail moment, but i feel duty-bound to tell you that there is a variation on the whiskey sour that is made with honey that's really good. it's called the gold rush . this is what it is. it's two ounces of bourbon, a half ounce of fresh lemon and a half ounce of honey syrup. to make the honey syrup you do two parts hot water, one part honey. you stir it up until it dissolves. a half ounce of, that a half ounce of lemon, two ounces of bourbon. shake it up. strain it over ice. honey badgers love that i'm just saying, that