Chilled 100 Bartender Kai Lucas for The Nook Retailer in New York creates unique cocktail, Father’s Hearth, utilizing Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey in celebration of Father’s Day.
“The Father’s Hearth is impressed by the comforting, timeless moments shared together with your dad round a heat hearth. Very like the tales handed down from father to his kids, this cocktail brings collectively layers of wealthy, complicated flavors easy Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey the deep sweetness of salted caramel, and the nutty heat of black walnut bitters. Smoked with applewood, the drink evokes the nostalgia of a comfortable night spent with family members, the crackle of a fireplace within the background, and the enjoyment of being collectively. It’s a celebration of fathers sturdy, regular, and filled with character providing a drink that’s as wealthy in taste because the reminiscences it creates.” – Kai Lucas
Father’s Hearth
by Kai Lucas – @Kai.Lucas14
Substances
- 2 oz. Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey
- ¼ oz. Salted Caramel Syrup*
- 2 dashes Black Walnut Bitters
- Smoked with Applewood
Preparation
- Seize a rocks glass and stirring tin and add your bitters, salted caramel syrup, and Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey to the tin.
- Ice up your tin and stir for roughly 30 seconds till it chills properly on the skin of the tin.
- Pressure your cocktail into your empty rocks glass and place a big dice inside.
- Place within a cloche and cargo a smoke gun with applewood and smoke for roughly 5 seconds.
- Unveil your cocktail and garnish with a bit of salted caramel.
*Salted Caramel syrup
Substances
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup darkish brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon sea salt (or extra to style)
- ½ teaspoon smoked sea salt (optionally available)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup water (for dilution after caramelization)
Preparation
- Caramelize the sugar: In a medium saucepan, mix the granulated sugar and ½ cup of water over medium warmth. Stir till the sugar dissolves, then improve the warmth to medium-high, permitting the combination to return to a boil. Don’t stir after this level. Let it cook dinner till the sugar turns a deep amber coloration (about 8-10 minutes).
- Add brown sugar: As soon as the caramel reaches a deep amber, add the darkish brown sugar. Stir it in fastidiously, because the combination could bubble up. Enable it to cook dinner for a further 1-2 minutes till the brown sugar dissolves and is totally built-in.
- Incorporate butter and salt: Take away the saucepan from the warmth. Fastidiously add the unsalted butter, stirring till it melts utterly into the caramel. Then, add the ocean salt and smoked sea salt (if utilizing) for depth of taste. Stir till easy.
- Dilute and Taste: Add the ¼ cup of water to the caramel sauce, stirring constantly to skinny it to the specified syrup consistency. This additionally helps steadiness the sweetness.
- Add Vanilla: Stir within the vanilla extract for complexity and to spherical out the flavour profile.
- Cool & Retailer: Enable the syrup to chill utterly earlier than utilizing. Retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 2-3 weeks.
