Colonial Ties
Ingredients
- 1⁄12 oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
- 1⁄4 oz Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup
- 2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
- 1 oz WhistlePig 10yo Straight Rye Whisky
- 1 oz Myers's Original Dark rum
- 1⁄3 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
Method
Glassware:
Serve in an Old-fashioned glass
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Method:
- RINSE glass with absinthe, discard excess and set to one side.
- STIR other ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass. (No ice in glass.)
Garnish:
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Nutrition:
One serving of Colonial Ties contains 163 calories
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2014 by Eric Alperin at The Varnish in Los Angeles.
Review:
Some like to muddle a bitters-soaked brown sugar cube until "smooth paste" to make this cocktail. Depending on your sugar cube, even with a splash of soda water, after what seems like an eternity you may still see sugar crystals rather than paste. Life's too short so I've used 2:1 brown sugar syrup to make this punchy nightcap of a cocktail. One person's paste is another's syrup!
