How to Make Cherry Bounce

This traditional whiskey-based cordial takes quite a while to make but cherry bounce is worth the wait! Just add your ingredients to jars and have some patience! Ok, a lot of patience.

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Cherry Bounce Recipe

Never heard of Cherry Bounce? I hadn't either.  Until I read Outlander that is.  Cherry Bunce is a whiskey-based cordial going back to the mid 1600's England.  Colonists coming to the new world brought it with them and it was a taste of home for the expatriated Scots that settled in the mountains of North Carolina. With six little words from Outlander's author Diana Gabaldon, Cherry Bounce made a resurgence with the books' massive fan-base. Of course I had to try it and I'm sure glad I did.

Diana was absolutely correct...“That Cherry Bounce must be good stuff.” ― Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes.

How do you make Cherry Bounce?

The main ingredient is patience! That along with a fifth of pretty cheap whiskey (or brandy, or vodka, or even rum), a little Amaretto, some lemon peels, and Bing cherries.  You'll need at least 12 pint size mason jars, maybe more if you like a lot of cherries.

Start out by adding 1 oz of Amaretto to each jar.

Evenly divide the cherries between the jars and then add 1 to 2 Tbs of Cherry Juice along with a few lemon peel strips.  A note about the cherries. You can use as many as you like.  Once this has aged, eating the Cherries will pack a punch - eat at your own caution.

Fill the jars with the whiskey and close tightly.  Place in a dark cool place for about 6 months; gently shaking every few weeks.

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Recipe

Cherry Bounce

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This traditional whiskey-based takes quite a while to make but cherry bounce cordial is worth the wait! Just add your ingredients to jars and have some patience!

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Mellowing Time 180 days d

Total Time 180 days d 30 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine American, English

Equipment

• 12 pint-sized Mason Jars

Ingredients

  

• 12 oz. Amaretto
• Zest strips from 1 lemon
• 1 or 2 jars pitted cherries drained with juice reserved
• Fifth of Whiskey 750 ml - quality doesn’t matter

Instructions

 

• Add once ounce of Amaretto and a few lemon peel strips to each jar
• Evenly divide cherries into the jars along with 1 to 2 Tbs reserved juice per each jar
• Fill jar to the top with whiskey and seal tightly
• Put in a dark place for about 6 months, gently shaking every month

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Keyword Amaretto, Cherries, Cherry, Whiskey

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