Stir, strain, coupe.
Thanks for trying dear Happyrobot!
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Wonderful combo of the Pineapple rum and the hint of smoke from the Mezcal
A bit sweet but spice is right and smoke makes up for it in the end.
Stir and pour over large rock. Garnish by taking short orange wedge, make two perpendicular cuts from flesh to peel, placing candied cranberry in orange and piercing both with a single skewer. For an extra flare on the garnish, add a strip of turkey gribenes (crispy rendered skin). This is a really unusual and interesting cocktail, and it falls completely out of balance if any of the ingredients are left out. I'm sure some substitutions could work, but others will leave it with an overly unctuous or even medicinal quality (for instance, I tried benedictine in lieu of the liqueurs, and it bombed).
Fat washing done at home by rendering turkey skin and fat. Allow to cool and place in aquavit for five days at room temperature. Place in freezer overnight. Drain and filter thoroughly.
Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere. Garnish with orange swath.
Stir, strain, up. Orange peel garnish.
Peach Bourbon: Take 200gm ripe peaches diced into quarter sized chunks and place into .5L iSi cream whipper along with 400ml bourbon. Infuse with 1 charger, shake for 30 sec, add second charger and shake for another 30 seconds. Allow to infuse for a total time of 8 mins then gas off isi and filter bourbon through coffee filter.
Or; allow 200g ripe peaches to steep in 400ml bourbon for 12 days. Shake randomly and vigorously. Strain through coffee filter.
Shake with ice the lemon juice, Benedictine, and gin. Pour the Cheerwine soda into the shaker and give it a light stir or two. Strain into good sized rocks glass.
Cheerwine is a cherry soda originally from North Carolina - first made in the 1917. I wanted to modify a cocktail that called from some sort of cherry liqueur *and* had seltzer or soda water and the "#1" Singapore Sling recipe from 1937 fit that bit. Cheerwine isn't nearly as cherry-tasting as I'd recall so I may remake with some Cherry Heering or just some of the Maraschino cherry syrup stirred in. Or just garnish with a cherry.
"Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soft drink produced by Carolina Beverage Corporation of Salisbury, North Carolina. It has been produced since 1917, claiming to be "the oldest continuing soft drink company still run by the same family"" - from Wikipedia
Build in a rocks glass over ice.
Combine all ingredients, shake with ice and pour in chilled coupe glass. Optional, rim with smoked salt.
Jalapeno-infused tequila blanco: add the ribs and seeds from 2 jalapeno chilies and the chopped flesh of 1/2 jalapeno with 1/2 bottle of tequila blanco. Stir well and let sit for 20 minutes or to your level of spiciness. Double strain.
Lapsang souchong-infused tequila blanco: Add 2 Tbsps to 1/2 bottle of tequila blanco. Stir and let stand at room temperature for 4-6 hours. Stir occasionally. Double strain.
To make the watermelon syrup juice half a watermelon. For every 2 cups of juice, add 1 cup of brown sugar. Reduce by half slowly.
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Curated this slightly. Rewrote watermelon syrup instructions to avoid copyright. Thanks, Zachary
Shake with ice, strain into a frozen coupe glass.
This is the first-try recipe. Interesting, and needs a bit of experimentation for the best balance. And the Himalayan Pink Rock Salt adds an interesting bit of pretension.
I had a large surplus of bottles on the bar and just threw a few things together as an experiment.
Sweet and spicy - nice use of Pisco as a base for elderflower, chile and citrus of Aperol.
Very nice balance of sweet, bitter, and slight spice. Will make again.
Stir liquid ingredients and pour over large cube in large old fashioned glass. Ignite one end of cinnamon stick and quickly extinguish by placing lit end into drink.
The liqueur measurements are a little tricky, so I recommend pre-blending equal parts of the kummel, ginger liqueur, alspice dram, and Goldschlager (probably 3/4 oz of each, which will yield four drinks' worth), and then using 3/4 oz of that mixture in your stirring vessel instead of the individually measured liqueurs.
The name is taken from Albert Camus, who said, "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
In the order above, build over ice in a highball glass. Stir lightly. Garnish with lime.
Balanced and boozy. Like grandma.
Two thumbs up.