Mike's Mix: Mercury Express At Mercury Dining Room & Rail

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Each week, Mike Augustyniak finds a new cocktail from a local mixologist. This weekend, he heads to downtown Minneapolis to try a bourbon cocktail with a sweet twist.

Mercury Express

1 oz Maker's Mark Bourbon
2 oz Aperol
¾ oz honey simple syrup *
¾ oz fresh grapefruit juice
1 sprig of fresh rosemary
Club soda

* To make honey simple syrup: heat 1 part honey in 1 part water until honey dissolves (but not to boiling). Cool and use, or store in the refrigerator.

Instructions:

Muddle rosemary and Aperol in bottom of a mixing glass. Add remaining ingredients (except soda) and shake with ice until chilled. Double strain into a Collins glass with fresh ice. Top with soda.

Mercury Dining Room and Rail is a modern bistro located in the Soo Line Building in downtown Minneapolis, and owned by Blue Plate Restaurant Company. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and serve a menu that's "a little bit French, a little bit southern, and a lot American."