Get A Move On
I don’t like waste. Old fruit? Shrub. Stale bread? Croutons. Several cans of prune juice about to expire (#parenthood)? Sounds like a syrup-itunity to me. The best part is that the syrup is, like, really good— raisiny, rich, a little funky. I can only assume it’s great for my digestive health, too.
The drink build centers around the syrup, pulling out some gentle funk and molasses notes with the rum; keying in the raisin flavors with the sherry, and providing some gentle oak vanilla with the reposado. Tequila works so well with rum/sherry and filled the role of backbone without overpowering any of the other key flavors. Seriously don’t poo-poo this drink until you try it!!
Recipe
1oz reposado tequila (@agavalestequila, gifted)
1oz slightly funky Jamaican rum (I used @appletonestateusa)
0.5oz amontillado sherry (@bodegaslustau)
0.5oz prune syrup
1 dash cherry bitters (@woodfordreserve)
Stir with ice, strain over #clearice (@truecubes). Express/include lemon twist. Cheers!!
