Tropical Twilight Gloom
8 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.
4 wedge
A tropical plant with a tart yellow fruit. Most often used in tiki cocktails and fizzes.
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.
0.25 oz
A vinegar traditionally made in SE Asia from the leftovers of pineapple. In cocktails, however, it's usually a shrub they call for.
0.25 oz
An alcoholic falernum syrup liqueur with ABV between 11-35 ABV; we chose the most common 11%. Falernum is mainly used in tropical drinks but can also be drank by itself. It usually has flavors of almond, ginger, cloves, vanilla, allspice and lime.
1.25 oz
A spirit whose flavor profile revolves around juniper berries. Originally from the Middles Ages, modern gin is a derivative of the Dutch drink jenever (genever). You can make a home-made gin by simply infusing vodka. There are a large number of recipes online.
0.75 oz
Also called akvavit this 'water of life; is a flavored spirit that is mostly produced in Scandinavia, since the 15th century. It is a grain or potato spirit base, and can be flavored with many herbs and spices. EU laws dictate it must be mostly flavored by caraway or dill. A common brand of caraway aquavit is Linie. You can actually make this yourself (or something very similar) here is a recipe from the book 'Akvavit' by Rasmus Risum-Urth: Toast in a pan: 2g cardamom, 8g pine nuts, 10g caraway, 1.5g cinnamon bark, 0.5g star anise, 2g pink peppercorns. Add spices to 500ml of vodka and sous vide for 2 hours at 60C (or just let steep for a week). Strain off solids and add 1.5L gin.
1 bunch
Aromatic plants used in cocktails as a garnish or muddled into the liquor to add a light fresh taste. Common in the Mint Julep.
1 slice
A tropical plant with a tart yellow fruit. Most often used in tiki cocktails and fizzes.
1 frond
A tropical plant with a tart yellow fruit. Most often used in tiki cocktails and fizzes.
Add mint leaves, pineapple wedges and vinegar to a collins, or Pearl Diver glass, then muddle. Add the remaining ingredient plus one cup of crushed ice and swizzle until chilled. Top with fresh crushed ice. Garnish with a mint bouquet, a pineapple slice, pineapple frond, orchid and swizzle stick. #swizzle #muddle #ontherocks
Sweet
Tart