Sweet Pear Cocktail

• 4 sage leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon superfine sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 3 ounces bourbon
• 2 ounces pear nectar
• 1 red pear slice, for garnish

Muddle sage, sugar, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker until fragrant. Add bourbon and pear nectar. Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass. Garnish with a pear slice.

Serves 1.

VERDICT:  Hmm.  The pear doesn't come through, nor the sage.  It just tastes like bourbon to me.  Stick with the much better Maple-Bourbon Sour.  Toss.