Properly Improper Smash

Name: Properly Improper Smash
Ingredients: 1 oz Brockman's Gin; 1/2 oz Bozal Mezcal; 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse; 1/2 oz Liber & Co. Gum Syrup; 1 bar spoon Fernet Branca; 10 dash(es) Eucalyptus Bitters; 4 ea Mint Leaves; 4 ea Blueberries; 4 ea Blackberries; 4 ea Lime Wedge

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By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: November 14, 2021

Refreshing

Bitter

This is a Proper Smash and it will get you properly smashed, that much we can all agree on. But some simple choices are what cause this to be properly improper: the combo of the citrusy, botanical (Properly Improper) Brockman’s gin with an herbal yet smokey mezcal; quadrupling down on the herbaceousness with the Chartruese, Mint, Fernet and Eucalyptus; and the sheer gall of taking a spiritous, refreshing drink and adding so much bitterness and still expecting it to turn out delicious. However, B...

Ingredients

1 oz
Brockman's Gin

1/2 oz
Bozal Mezcal

1/2 oz
Green Chartreuse

1/2 oz
Liber & Co. Gum Syrup

1 bar spoon
Fernet Branca

10 dash(es)
Eucalyptus Bitters

4 ea
Mint Leaves

4 ea
Blueberries

4 ea
Blackberries

4 ea
Lime Wedge

Instructions

Garnish

Mint, Dehydrated Lime, Blackberries, Blueberries

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Estimated strength

About 24% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add mint, lime, berries, and syrup to a shaker tin and muddle. Add remaining ingredients with ice. Shake well and double strain into a crystal goblet with crushed ice. Top with ice. Splash with Fernet. Garnish with mint, lime and berries.

Editor's Note

A smash that lives up to its 'improper' name. Gin's botanicals and mezcal's smoke meet a powerful herbal core of Chartreuse, Fernet, and eucalyptus. Muddled berries provide a brief, sweet counterpoint.