Lantern Fly

Name: Lantern Fly
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 22.5 ml Amaro liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 22.5 ml Homemade ginger syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Crossfire Hurricane Jamaican Rum
³⁄₄ fl oz	Amaro liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Ginger syrup (equal parts ginger juice to caster sugar by weight
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Lantern Fly contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
12.67% alc./vol. (25.35° proof)
12.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Jojo Colona at Attaboy bar in Manhattan, New York City. Jojo's original recipe calls for equal parts Doctor Bird Jamaican pot still rum, Amargo-Vallet amaro, lemon juice and ginger juice syrup.

Review

A riff on Sam Ross' Mosquito. Like in the original, fiery ginger proves more than capable of seeing off an assertive bittersweet amaro and characterful pot still Jamaican rum. Beware, the Lantern Fly is sap-sucking!