Death and Taxes
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Express a lemon twist over the drink and garnish.
Reformulated in early 2024 to be structured more like a classic Whiskey Sour. The original version was created early on in my journey into mixed drinks and was unbalanced, too small, and made use of sub-par ingredients (Chambord).
I recommend a barely-legal rye and cold-process raspberry syrup. Without the sharpness in the latter this can risk being too sweet.
Inspired by the appearance of the quote in a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, I wanted to bring together American and French ingredients.
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