Perfectionist - Makina Labrecque

Canada

Winning cocktail: Cyanocitta

1.25 oz Patrón Silver

0.5 oz Ransom Dry Vermouth

1 oz Szechuan peppercorn and lime oleo saccharum
0.25 oz Blue Curaçao

6 Albertan spruce tips

1 Pinch salt

Garnish with 2 Albertan spruce tips

Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin.

Muddle the Albertan Spruce Tips (or alternatively rosemary where Spruce Tips are not available).

Add ice to a shaker 
tin and shake the cocktail for twenty seconds. Double strain the cocktail into a rocks glass over pebble ice (or crushed ice when pebble is not available).

Garnish using bar tongs and serve.