Make Something Earthy Again

Name: Make Something Earthy Again
Ingredients: 1 oz Tanqueray TEN; 1/2 oz Bozal Mezcal; 1/2 oz Cynar Ricetta Originale; 3/4 oz Lemon Juice; 3/4 oz Mushroom And Curry Syrup; 2 drop(s) Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters; 1 ea Sprig Of Rosemary; 2 drop(s) Saline Solution

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By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: November 15, 2021

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Advanced Palate

For an Instagram Cocktail Competition for this month, we were tasked with revisiting a drink that we thought we could make better. My choice was part of a short-lived series I was attempting. The challenge was to make something earthy with gin, and the first go-around saw all the earthiness drowned out by an overpowering ginger ale and a much too lightly flavored mushroom tea. This time, I decided to make a strong mushroom and curry syrup to really hone in on the earthiness, with rosemary lendin...

Ingredients

1 oz
Tanqueray TEN

1/2 oz
Bozal Mezcal

1/2 oz
Cynar Ricetta Originale

3/4 oz
Lemon Juice

3/4 oz
Mushroom And Curry Syrup

2 drop(s)
Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters

1 ea
Sprig Of Rosemary

2 drop(s)
Saline Solution

Instructions

Garnish

Mushrooms and a Curry Rim

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Coupe

Estimated strength

About 13% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

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I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Slap the rosemary and add it to the shaker tin with all other ingredients. Shake well and double-strain into a curry-rimmed coupe glass.

Editor's Note

A deeply savory sour that balances earthy mushroom and curry notes against smoky mezcal and bitter artichoke. Bright lemon and piney rosemary lift the profile, creating a complex, thought-provoking cocktail.