The Oakroom * Louisville, KY At The Oakroom, where Al Capone regularly played poker in the 1920s, the bartenders use bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery in nearby Frankfort, Kentucky.
Ingredients
4 basil leaves
1 teaspoon aged balsamic vinegar
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
Ice
1 1/2 ounces bourbon
1 1/2 ounces chilled ginger ale
Directions
In a cocktail shaker, muddle 3 of the basil leaves with the vinegar and Simple Syrup. Add ice and the bourbon and shake well. Strain the drink into an ice-filled rocks glass, stir in the ginger ale and garnish with the remaining basil leaf.