Tony Rocky Horror

Components

  • Falernum

  • Orgeat

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. appleton reserve

  • 1/2 oz. pot still jamaican rum

  • 1 oz. lime juice

  • 3/4 oz. falernum

  • 1/2 oz. orgeat

  • 2 dashes of absinthe

Directions

  • shake on ice

  • pour unstrained in tiki mug, fill with ice

  • garnish with mint sprig and grated nutmeg

↓ This is a component-based recipe (fancy talk for making the dish in pieces, then assembling). ↓

Falernum

Ingredients

  • 6 oz. white overproof jamaican rum (Wray & Nephew)

  • 2-4 oz. lime zest

  • 40-50 whole cloves

  • 42.5 g ginger

  • 30 g blanched almonds

  • 1/4 tsp almond extract

  • 14 oz. demerara sugar

  • 7 oz. water

  • 0-2 oz. lime juice

Steps

  • skin and chop ginger

  • zest limes

  • chop and lightly toast almonds in a pan, toss regularly

  • add ginger, lime zest, almonds and cloves to a carafe or other sealed glass container

  • add rum to carafe and steep for 24 hours

  • create rich simple syrup using 2:1 demerara syrup to water

  • slowly incorporate sugar to water over low heat and stir regularly to incorporate

  • drain spice mixture through fine strainer or cheese cloth

  • combine spice mix, demerara syrup and almond extract and let cool

Orgeat

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 oz. sugar

  • 6-6.5 oz almond milk

  • 1/8 tsp drops almond extract

  • 1/16 tsp drops orange blossom water

  • 1/2 oz. brandy

  • 1/2 oz. disaronno

  • 1/2 oz. gum syrup

Steps

  • simmer almond milk and slowly incorporate sugar

  • add remaining ingredients