Maple Bugs Brew

Name: Maple Bugs Brew
Ingredients: 2 oz Knob Creek Rye; 1/2 oz Mr Black Coffee Liqueur; 1/4 oz Cynar Ricetta Originale; 1/2 oz Baby Carrot Syrup; 2 dash(es) Angostura Aromatic Bitters; 1 drop(s) Scrappy's Orleans Bitters; 1 ea Hickory Smoke

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By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: March 1, 2022

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I can’t claim credit for the carrot and coffee combo but I can claim credit for the alliteration. My friend made a drink a little while ago combining the two seemingly odd bedfellows using a popular but expensive Carrot Eau de Vie. I decided to juice some baby carrots up and make a carrot turbinado syrup to use in an old fashioned spec instead and this came out wonderful! The Hickory smoke hits you first with its pungent aroma but then you get a great balance of spicy Rye, perfectly brewed Mr Bl...

Ingredients

2 oz
Knob Creek Rye

1/2 oz
Mr Black Coffee Liqueur

1/4 oz
Cynar Ricetta Originale

1/2 oz
Baby Carrot Syrup

2 dash(es)
Angostura Aromatic Bitters

1 drop(s)
Scrappy's Orleans Bitters

1 ea
Hickory Smoke

Instructions

Garnish

Build

Stir & Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned/Rocks

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add all ingredients to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir to dilute. Strain into a rocks glass over large clear ice. Using a cloche smoke with hickory. No garnish. *To make the syrup, juice and heat some baby carrots and add half weight (or volume) of turbinado sugar. Stir to dissolve. Strain until no chunks. I found 1:2 ratio gave the best level of sweetness but YMMV

Editor's Note

Rye and coffee liqueur find an unlikely partner in house-made carrot syrup. Hickory smoke ties the earthy, bitter profile together in this complex, spirit-forward sipper.