Black Garlic Old Fashioned
Black garlic — aged until its pungency mellows into balsamic sweetness and umami — dissolved into demerara creates a sweetener unlike anything else. The Old Fashioned format absorbs it completely and becomes something profound.
Served in a rocks glass · Garnish: Expressed orange peel (discarded) · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon (high-proof)
- 0.25 oz Black Garlic Demerara Syrup
- 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Mole Bitters
Instructions
- To make black garlic syrup: blend 2 cloves black garlic into warm 2:1 demerara syrup; strain until smooth.
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir 35 seconds.
- Strain over a large cube.
- Express and discard an orange peel — its brightness is needed but its oil should be subtle.