Balancing Act

Name: Balancing Act
Ingredients: 2 oz Dented Brick Great Basin Bristlecone Gin; 1/2 oz Lime Cordial; 1/2 oz Rose Cordial; 2 dash(es) Scrappy's Lavender Bitters; 2 drop(s) Citric Acid Solution (25%); 2 drop(s) Saline Solution (20%)

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By Mike Vander Horn

Made with a product from a current or former Crafted Pour partner. The creator may have received free product or other incentives from the brand.

5.0 Submitted on: June 13, 2022

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Beautiful, fragrant, and delicious in cocktails, this rose cordial is an incredible ingredient. Lime cordial is an awesome way to stretch out some lime flavor with a touch of bittersweetness. Having these two on hand and trying to balance them in one cocktail? Well, that’s a little more difficult, but with some tiny modifiers and an excellent base of Bristlecone Pine gin, this worked out beautifully. You may not have citric acid or saline solutions on hand, but here’s why you should: they’re bot...

Ingredients

2 oz
Dented Brick Great Basin Bristlecone Gin

1/2 oz
Lime Cordial

1/2 oz
Rose Cordial

2 dash(es)
Scrappy's Lavender Bitters

2 drop(s)
Citric Acid Solution (25%)

2 drop(s)
Saline Solution (20%)

Instructions

Garnish

Lime Twist

Build

Stir & Strain

Glass

Nick & Nora

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

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Editor's Note

Bristlecone gin provides a pine-forward backbone for this floral, cordial-based sipper. Citric acid and saline solutions provide the necessary tension to keep the rose and lime in perfect harmony.