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Turn Late-Summer Produce Into Cocktail Ingredients

Imbibe Magazine

Pepper Tincture A pepper tincture is a simple way to add heat to cocktails (like a Margarita ). Rodriguez and Close also make tinctures with different spices to create a flavor library. Almost anything can be a tincture,” he says. Then, strain out the peppers and bottle the liquid. Spices, vegetables, hardy herbs.”

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Three Ways: Ranch Water

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Ancho Reyes chile liqueur 3 barspoons saline solution (1 part sea salt to 9 parts water) 2 barspoons jalapeño tincture 2 oz. Jalapeño Tincture Mix 8 oz. “It’s fun because it’s close enough to a Ranch Water that people have had before to feel safe, but different enough to be exciting,” he says. sotol 3/4 oz. blanco tequila 1/2 oz.

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Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

VinePair

And while a cocktail containing a slew of spirits, herbs, juices, and tinctures may win curiosity, the finished product can also be a letdown. Eduardo “Lalo” Hernandez, bartender, Superbueno , NYC The article Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? And just like some builds themselves, their answers were complicated.

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7 Halloween Drinks for 2024

Cheers

. Fresh lime juice 1 drop of Scrappy’s fire water tincture Black lava salt and sugar spider web garnish Instructions In a shaker combine tequila, blackberry syrup, lime juice, and ice and shake. Top with two drops of fire water tincture and a sugar spider web garnish. Notes The mixologists at Patron created this recipe.

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Master mixologists reveal the secrets of cannabis drink recipes

Cocktail Whisperer

Learning about these aspects of the flower, syrup, tincture, or other weed product can help the novice bartender key into the flavors best paired with their drink recipe. At Ninfa’s Belman noticed the oil tincture required a sweetener like an agave because it added bitterness to the drink. The infusion method may come into play here.

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The Margarita Knows No Bounds

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The latter is spiked with a cinnamon tincture; the former features the lemongrass-flavored agave spirit Mal Bien Zacate Limón, lemongrass-infused soju, St Germain elderflower liqueur, and yuzu juice. Superbueno uses a chili tincture, as does Cabinet and Leyenda. The article The Margarita Knows No Bounds appeared first on VinePair.

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Mastering Garnishes With William Elliot of Maison Premiere and Tigre

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For example, if a drink was to receive a rinse of house-made black cardamom tincture, “maybe I’ll actually have a black cardamom pod in the garnish,” William says. My update swaps Haitian for Barbadian rum, adds a measure of Cognac for its soft lusciousness, and changes out the bitters for hibiscus tincture.