Who doesn’t like a good pun? So my old boss used to hate that I used the term Liquor instead of anything like that a spirit. Its something that took some adjusting for me but for this particular recipe he did think my joke of a name was funny enough to throw it on a specials menu.
Now this drink was made for the Halloween and Day of the Dead season so it comes out a dark green to nearly black color so before we even start YES its okay if this one looks a little murky.
- 2 Oz Pastis
- 0.5 Oz Lavender Rose Hibiscus syrup
- 0.5 Oz Rootbeer syrup
- 0.5 Oz Ginger syrup
Stir and serve over a stone. Then top with a bit of soda water. No Garnish unless you wanna throw a star anise on it but frankly those are a little expensive and it wouldn’t add much.
Now lets go through these ingredients one by one because this one has a lot of somewhat odd ones.
First up is Pastis. Its a French liqueur that unlike a lot of typical liqueurs sits at around 40% so using it as a primary spirit in a cocktail isn’t as outrageous as something with say 25%. Its an anise and liquorish tasting spirit reminding me a lot of a less fragrant absinthe. When combined with the other ingredients here the final flavor you really get from the Pastis here is like the good parts of black liquorish without the medicinal back flavor.
The first syrup was a house syrup my boss came up with. It was a dark purple flavor with hibiscus being the primary one. Lavender is decently strong on the nose but Rose is a bit harder to pull out. For this is actually acts primarily as a sweetener with the lesser flavors of lavender and rose getting eaten up by the other flavors.
The second and honestly most important syrup is the Rootbeer syrup. This particular syrup was one my boss made in house and was one I don’t actually know the recipe for. I can tell you however that any homemade rootbeer flavor should be a bit more spicy then sweet. I particularly like the anise flavor this one had and its what adds the most to this drink bringing the anise up so it doesn’t get lost.
The final part would be the ginger syrup. This one adds something nice honestly. The ginger when made into a syrup taste nice without the heat that normally comes from ginger. In this drink it gets a little lost but somewhat sits on the back of your tongue when you swallow.
Overall this drink is complex but in a way that I wish to recreate again. Yes it taste of liquorish but not only that. Its got more going on and what it does pull from the normally hated candy is only the good bits.
Drinks by Greed 