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Indigo Jack
A vibrant applejack sour built around fresh blueberry, bright citrus, and aromatic thyme. Blueberry and apple arrive together on the palate before thyme...
Heidi Della Pesca
2nd July at 01:49
The lemon syrup experiments continue! This round heads back to summer fruit and fresh herbs, exploring how blueberry, apple, and thyme play together in a classic sour framework. I'd love to know if you're finding interesting uses for lemon syrup in your own cocktails—it's proving to be a much more versatile ingredient than I expected.
2nd July at 13:12
We will try this...our grocer has blueberries now. In the meantime, we did a Negroni:
30ml Never Never Gin
30ml Cardamaro
17.5ml Tanica red bitter aperitivo
2.5ml lemon syrup
The Gin is a downunder (and, in our unashamedly biased view, excellent) double distilled version of a London dry, with a slightly higher ABV than is usually found. The Tanica is a downunder aperitivo made from Davidson's Plum (a local tropical fruit) and Strawberry Gum leaf. Campari will will be more austere and bitter, Tempus Fugit less bitter and more fruity.
30ml Never Never Gin
30ml Cardamaro
17.5ml Tanica red bitter aperitivo
2.5ml lemon syrup
The Gin is a downunder (and, in our unashamedly biased view, excellent) double distilled version of a London dry, with a slightly higher ABV than is usually found. The Tanica is a downunder aperitivo made from Davidson's Plum (a local tropical fruit) and Strawberry Gum leaf. Campari will will be more austere and bitter, Tempus Fugit less bitter and more fruity.
2nd July at 19:16
Hope it holds up to the anticipation. I had to really experiment to get that vibrant blueberry flavor and deep color. Its good to enjoy the work!