El Draque
5 leaf
Aromatic plants used in cocktails as a garnish or muddled into the liquor to add a light fresh taste. Common in the Mint Julep.
0.75 oz
This syrup swaps in golden-hued demerara or turbinado sugar as opposed to processed/bleached white sugar. This gives a deeper, almost caramel-like flavor with a funky molasses nose popular in tropical drinks. We always use 1:1 syrup unless otherwise noted in the recipe itself.
0.75 oz
The second most common juice used in cocktails. This citrus juice is about 6% acid; 4% from citric and 2% from malic, with small amounts of succinic acid (this is what gives it a little bloody taste). Lime juice should be used the day it is squeezed, some like it freshly squeezed and others like it a few hours old.
2 oz
An unaged Brazilian spirit made form sugar cane juice (as opposed to cane molasses), similar to rhum agricole. Cachaça is versatile and can be used in many tropical cocktails. Highlighted in Brazil's national drink, the Caipirinha.
1 wheel
Small, round, green citrus fruits. Commonly used in many cocktails for its rind or its acidic taste (6% acid total; 4% citric, 2% malic, some succinic acid).
Muddle the mint with the syrup and lime juice in a shaker. Add cachaça and ice. Shake and double-strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lime wheel speared on a pirate sword. #muddle #shake #straight
Named for the famous “local” privateer Sir Francis Drake. Inspired by a recipe from “Rum: Yesterday and Today.”
Fresh
Tart