Cocktail Hour: Spicy Pom Bourbon Cocktail

For cocktail hour this week I had the choice to go with Mardi Gras theme or Oscars.  Since I could not find passionate fruit syrup for hurricanes (I have already covered Sazeracs and Gin Fizz here...), the Oscars it was!  You can call this some cute name - red carpet or something like that - for me it is just Spicy Pom Bourbon cocktail.  It follows the trend from last week of spicy paired with fruity.  But a new element is added - smokiness from bourbon.  I love bourbon and know I should drink it neat, but it is a refreshing change to have it in a fruity drink, where tequila or rum would usually live.   This is great for the Oscars (I am sorry for posting too late for you to make this for the show, unless you have jalapeno and pomegranate juice around?) but also great for just a regular night. 
Spicy Pom Bourbon Cocktail, adapted from The Huffington Post

Ingredients for 4 cocktails
8 oz bourbon
juice of 1 lime
8 slices jalapeno
6 oz pomegranate juice
8 oz agave nectar
Seltzer

Directions:

1. In a picther combine all the lime juice, jalapenso and agave and muddle with a spoon.
2. Add the bourbon and pomegranate juice and stir well to combine.
3. Add ice to Collins glasses (tall and narrow) and pour cocktail equally in four glasses.
4. Top each with seltzer, garnish with a slice of lime and a slice of jalapeno.