Fatally Yours Old Fashioned

Name: Fatally Yours Old Fashioned
Ingredients: 3 oz Toasted Coconut Infused Bourbon; .40 oz Spiced Peruvian Mocha Syrup; .30 oz Blackberry Syrup; 3 dash Spiced Cherry Bitters; Orange Peel

By Bradley Johnson

Submitted on: March 20, 2021

Signatures

Spirit Forward

My friends were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on Halloween. They were married in a beautiful castle and I was honored to play murder ballads with my band at the time in the dungeon. She asked me to create a cocktail to commemorate this special occasion. It challenged me, to say the least. Do I go with a Halloween themed cocktail? Too gimmicky. Do I create a love themed cocktail? Too disingenuous. I needed something with simple components, similar to a lasting love tale. Yet,...

Ingredients

3 oz
Toasted Coconut Infused Bourbon

.40 oz
Spiced Peruvian Mocha Syrup

.30 oz
Blackberry Syrup

3 dash
Spiced Cherry Bitters

Orange Peel

Instructions

Garnish

Fresh blackberry and Luxardo cherry

Build

Glass

Estimated strength

About 27% ABV (estimate)

By Bradley Johnson

Mixologist

Brad Johnson, aka Sluggo, aka Mysterioso, is a home mixologist specializing in interesting and sometimes whimsical twists on classic cocktail platforms. While Brad has worked as a professional bartender in years past, he is currently establishing his brand, Société Mysterieux, an underground cocktail society for like-minded enthusiasts of cocktail culture. We create our own recipes based on classic platforms using our own bitters, syrups, tonics and shrubs under the brand L’Apothicaire Mysterieu...

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Pour ingredients over ice cubes in glass mixing vessel. Stir for 15 seconds to achieve proper dilution. Strain over ice ball. Express orange peel over top, rub around the rim and place into glass. Garnish with a blackberry and maraschino cherry Spiced Peruvian Mocha syrup: Going 4 green cardamom pods, 2 whole cloves, 1.2 cinnamon stick, , 3 allspice berries, 1 vanilla bean, 5 tspn cacao nubs in mortar and pestle. Grind 35 grams of fresh roasted whole bean Cajamarca Peruvian single origin coff...

Editor's Note

Toasted coconut bourbon meets a complex, house-made Peruvian mocha syrup in this dark, dessert-leaning Old Fashioned. A sophisticated, slow-sipping tribute to a milestone anniversary.