Killer Combo

Name: Killer Combo
Ingredients: 2 oz Durian Infused Brokers Gin; 1/2 oz St George Spiced Pear Liqueur; 1/2 oz Lime Juice; 1/2 oz Liber & Co. Tonic Syrup; 2 oz Q Mixers Spectacular Tonic

By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: August 22, 2022

Refreshing

Themed

Durian, The King of Fruits, will be making an appearance in all of my cocktails this week! The spiky and smelly fruit has lingered on the edges of my mind until one day my good friend randomly showed up with one in his hands! Wow! Excited is an understatement! After reading about how to tell if it’s ripe, I smelled the bottom and got an intense but not overpowering aroma. Throughout the cutting process I smelled it more and more, sometimes faint, sometimes crazy intense, but finally had a bowl f...

Ingredients

2 oz
Durian Infused Brokers Gin

1/2 oz
St George Spiced Pear Liqueur

1/2 oz
Lime Juice

1/2 oz
Liber & Co. Tonic Syrup

2 oz
Q Mixers Spectacular Tonic

Instructions

Garnish

Mint

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Estimated strength

About 14% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add all ingredients besides tonic to a shaker tin with ice and short-shake. Double strain into a highball glass over cracked clear ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Editor's Note

Durian brings a savory, creamy funk to this gin highball. Spiced pear and tonic syrup provide a bitter-sweet backbone that balances the fruit's intense profile.