Mixologists Just Wanna Have Fun
… that just doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, does it? This week’s cocktail is a little experiment playing with the different densities of different cocktail ingredients.
(Thirsty? Jump to the recipe.)
While it’s nowhere near as colorful as some more famous Pousse-Café style drinks, Chris worked really hard to also make this one taste good – something I can’t say I’ve found for many of the more colorful versions.
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Layers of Flavor
This drink is truly focused on juniper – featuring the lightly bourbon barrel aged Big Gin (a gin with a BIG juniper flavor) as well as a juniper berry soda. Chris partnered these with a half-ounce of Amaro to reinforce the herbal qualities of the gin and add a distinctly sweet and bitter flavor. Finally, the bitters add just a bit more balance and bitterness to dry it out a bit more.
The final cocktail has – you guessed it – layers of flavor. Even after stirring it and losing the layered colors, each sip is like a journey through the drink. It starts with juniper, then quickly switches to amaro before ending on a softer, herbal note.
Overall I’d say this one is a perfect balance – colorful, layered, and delicious to boot!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Gin Bourbon Barrel Aged Big Gin
- .50 oz Amaro Amaro Montenegro
- 1.0 oz Lemon Juice
- .75 oz Simple Syrup
- .75 oz Egg Whites
- 4 dashes Bitters Angostura
- 3 oz Juniper Soda Dry Sparkling Juniper Berry
Instructions
- Add amaro to the bottom of a Collins glass.
- In a cheater tin add lemon juice, simple syrup, gin, and egg whites.
- Dry shake to add volume to egg whites.
- Add ice and shake to chill and dilute.
- Add crushed ice to the amaro filled Collins glass.
- Fine strain gin and egg white mixture over the crushed ice.
- Add juniper soda.
- Add the bitters and garnish with a lemon twist.
