Ep 70: The Honeymoon is Over

A Farewell to Hemingway2.25 oz Kirsch1.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice.25 oz Cherry or Raspberry SyrupLime Peel Spiral, for garnish Shake with ice, then pour unstrained into a collins glass. Drop in a lime peel spiral and top with club soda. should have been salty and bitter This is, according to Baker, "a sort of Kirsch Collins," which he invented for his friend Ernest Hemingway before sending him and bullfighter Sidney Franklin "off on the plane for New York, & Loyalist Spain.” Aperol Spritz2 oz Aperol1 oz Prosecco1 oz club soda.5 oz Orange Juice Build in a rocks glass. Add ice and stir. Garnish with half an orange wheel. Terroir & Peace2 oz mushroom-infused gin*1 oz Dolin dry vermouth.25 oz thyme syrup**lemon peel Combine infused gin, vermouth, and thyme syrup. Stir and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Lemon peel expressed and discarded. * Mushroom-infused gin: Fill a quart-sized Mason jar 1/2 to 2/3 full with mushrooms, ideally chanterelles. Fill rest of the jar with gin and let sit for up to two weeks. ** Thyme syrup: Heat 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, and six sprigs of thyme in a saucepan. Slightly simmer until sugar dissolves. Strain. Pegu Club2 oz Gin.75 oz Orange Curaçao.75 oz lime juice1 dash angostura bitters1 dash orange bitters Shake with ice until well chilled. Fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lime.