INGREDIENTS: Some Luxardo or amarena cherries, strainedEqual parts rye and Cynar by weight (1:1) PROCEDURE: Strain the cherries from their syrup, reserving syrup for another “RYNAR CHERRIES”
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CREME DE VIOLETTE
INGREDIENTS: 300g 40% ABV neutral grain spirit such as vodka, plus more for adjustment300g violet simple syrup (see below)30g (5%) dried violet, divided into 15g “CREME DE VIOLETTE”
TERRACOTTA
INGREDIENTS: 2oz brown butter-washed aged rum (see notes).75oz rosemary wine acid (see notes).5oz rich demerara (2:1 turbinado sugar to water)pinch kosher salt – or – “TERRACOTTA”
WINE ACID
INGREDIENTS: 800g water12g (1.5%) tartaric acid12g (1.5%) lactic acid24g (3%) malic acid24g (3%) sugar PROCEDURE: Weigh and combine all ingredients, stirring to incorporate. Label, date, “WINE ACID”
WHAT’S GOOD: RUM AND TARTARIC (WINE ACID)
We stumbled upon this by happenstance a few years back whenever I put a drink on a summer cocktail menu that called for brown butter-washed “WHAT’S GOOD: RUM AND TARTARIC (WINE ACID)”