 Welcome back to Drinks Made Easy, because cocktails don't have to be difficult. Today we're taking a look at a winter bourbon smash using raspberry preserves. Now you might be saying, Paul, smash, you use fresh fruit and you muddle it. Well, yes, that's true, but during the winter months, some of our favorite fruits are mine, at least like raspberries, blueberries, blackberries can be a little bit difficult to get and even when you can get them, oftentimes they're not nearly as flavorful as when they're in proper season. So a great workaround for that is using preserves or jams. Make sense? Without any further ado, let's make a cocktail, but if you haven't already, please go ahead and click on the subscribe button and the bell icon, so you'll be notified every time we do a new video. To build your winter bourbon smash, you'll use two tablespoons of raspberry preserves, or if you have another fruit that you prefer, you can use that one as well. Next, we're going to add half an ounce of fresh lemon juice, one ounce of fresh orange juice, half an ounce of triple sec, and one and a half ounces of the bourbon of your choice. Now, this is another opportunity where if you're not a huge fan of bourbon, you want something a little bit more spicy, you can go with a rye, something sweeter, you can go with a brandy or a cognac. And just cap that off into a shake or tin full of ice and give it a good shake. Strain into the glass of your choice over ice and now, because we're using raspberry preserves, there is going to be a bit of seeds here. If you don't like seeds in your cocktail, I do. You can always double strain this and that'll catch all the seeds. And then just going to add a light splash of seltzer to lift it a little bit. Give that a quick stir and then just garnish the small wedge of orange. And easy as that, you have the winter bourbon smash. This is delightful. Now, you might think that because of all the preserves, that this would be an overly sweet cocktail. But because of that fresh lemon juice, it really cuts it and balances it out. If you like fruit forward cocktails that aren't overly sweet and just have a lot of complex flavors, check this one out and let us know what you think. Cheers from Drinks Made Easy.