Name: Art of Choke
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 fresh Mint leaves; 30 ml Light white rum; 30 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 7.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 7.5 ml Brown sugar syrup; 5 ml Lime juice; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

8 fresh

Mint leaves

1 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

1 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1/4 fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

1/4 fl oz

Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)

1/6 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of mint sprigs.

Method

Lightly MUDDLE (just to bruise) mint in base of stirring glass.

Add other ingredients and STIR with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
20.86% alc./vol. (41.72° proof)
16.8 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Guy Daniels Premium Member 39w

This is a cracker! Structurally, i am struggling to see why this works, but it does. I’ve now made this twice, first time i had no chartreuse so used montenegro - and it worked very nicely indeed. Must try again in front of a roaring fire… it is so comforting

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Mmm...yum! Likin' this one! Like a rich bittersweet chocolate truffle with a tangy fruity center. But not too sweet. Oh, and the chill mint (think peppermint patty). There's a lot going on here. I used wild mint, Cynar 70, dark muscovado sugar from Mauritius for the syrup, Planteray 3 Stars, Chartreuse, Angostura. Fantastic. Will make again while the mint's fresh.

Garth Stanish 1y

I absolutely love how the mint sneaks through here; this lovely little undertone…..

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

I can't escape a Mint Julep comparison with this one. Cynar and Chartreuse lengthening the demerara and mint, respectively. This measure of lime doesn't seem to get in the way, but simply heightens the expression of ingredients a small bit.

Peter Griffith Premium Member 3y

Using a Rum Agricole instead of white rum makes it even more layered and interesting

Letti Penguin Premium Member 4y

Reminiscent of a mojito but better, with added herbal and bitter notes making it more complex and interesting

Two Hands, One Drink 4y

This cocktail is one that has lots of things that I like in it, but when you first try it, it seems horribly out of balance. Even after a long stir over ice, and then serving it in a rocks glass over ice, it still needs some time to mellow out in the glass before everything comes into balance. At that point, it's a good - not great - cocktail. But all the same, an interesting one to try if only for it's eclectic composition.

Phil West 5y

I feel strongly that this adaptation is thrown way off balance by the addition of a 3/4 oz pour of lime juice.
The original was a long shot that became popular but broke the rules by adding a small(!) amount of lime to a stirred drink. I feel the original is much more balanced and works for a stirred drink with:
1oz white rum
1oz Cynar
1/4oz chartreuse(green)
3/4tsp rich demerara syrup
3/4tsp lime juice
That formula, I think, makes for a better, more balanced drink.