Rare Hearts

Name: Rare Hearts
Ingredients: 1 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac; 1 oz Sonoma Distilling Bourbon; 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse; 1/2 oz Lemon Juice; 1/2 oz Vanilla Syrup; 2 dash(es) Scrappy's Cardamom Bitters

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By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: August 8, 2022

Communal

Refreshing

Diving back into Welcome Home from @deathandcompany I found this absolute banger of a sour spec that has finally motivated me to make vanilla syrup! I’ll be honest, I thought I needed vanilla beans to make the syrup but if Death & Co. makes it with vanilla extract I trust it! The only sub I had to make was the bourbon (they call for Weller Special Reserve) but Sonoma’s offering fits right in here with its 25% wheat mashbill. The split base plays wonderfully with the whiskey sour template, with v...

Ingredients

1 oz
Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac

1 oz
Sonoma Distilling Bourbon

1/2 oz
Green Chartreuse

1/2 oz
Lemon Juice

1/2 oz
Vanilla Syrup

2 dash(es)
Scrappy's Cardamom Bitters

Instructions

Garnish

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Coupe

Estimated strength

About 21% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice and shake well. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass.

Editor's Note

A split base of cognac and bourbon gives this sour a deep, fruity-caramel backbone. Green Chartreuse and cardamom bitters add layers of complex herbal spice.