A boozy Saturday drink.
2oz bourbon
.75oz good mezcal
.75oz berry liqueur (any will work, or berry syrup, I used Montbisu Framboise)
Bare splash of vanilla liqueur, shake of bitters, or splash of absinthe or amaro (I used the vanilla, if you have a more interesting berry liqueur it might not need anything here but mine is not complex)
2 dropperful of fire tincture
4 strawberries plus one for garnish
1/2 tsp sugar (might not need if you have better strawberries)
3/4 of a lemon
Quarter the strawberries and put in shaker with 1/4 if the lemon, add the sugar and muddle the fruit. Add the booze, tincture, and juice of the half a lemon. Shake with ice and double strain, serve over big ice, garnish with the remaining strawberry.
It’s very good, I like bourbon with mezcal and like bourbon with strawberry so thought it worth trying. Lemon peel muddled adds bitter edge, don’t omit.
I was trying to make a strawberry heart but it came out more like wings!
Rosemary syrup sounds interesting. Any tips on other things in goes well with?
I mostly use rosemary with grapefruit, the rest of it went into a home fermented grapefruit soda. But the rosemary flavor is good with anything citrusy, good in Aperol spritz or tonic water, and I think it would be possible to make an unsweetened tincture of rosemary that might be more useful overall, and store longer.
Thanks, that’ll give me a starting point to try things out.