Recipes The Thoroughbred Be the first to rate & review! Bartenders have been infusing vodka for years; now they're joyfully infusing bourbon with everything from black cherries to bacon. Chris Beveridge from 12 Baltimore in Kansas City, Missouri, favors apples, cinnamon and vanilla. More Bourbon Drinks By Chris Beveridge Updated on June 28, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 3 cups Ingredients 1 750-ml bottle Woodford Reserve bourbon 3 medium Granny Smith apples—cored and quartered 4 cinammon sticks 2 whole vanilla beans Directions In a jar, combine one 750-milliliter bottle of Woodford Reserve bourbon with 3 cored and quartered medium Granny Smith apples, 4 cinnamon sticks and 2 whole vanilla beans. Refrigerate for 2 to 5 days, shaking the jar and tasting the infusion daily. Strain through a fine sieve into another jar. Serve the infused bourbon on the rocks, or shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Rate it Print