Pineapple Demerara Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned meets… well… Pineapple 🍍
The star ingredient in this cocktail is Pineapple Demerara syrup- and it’s definitely worth making! The syrup itself can be a bit inconsistent, so you may need to adjust the amount you add to the cocktail to properly balance it. I’d typically think ½ oz of syrup is way too much sugar for a good Old Fashioned, but since it’s difficult to control the exact consistency, Pineapple Demerara syrup can be a bit thin. So start with less syrup, taste as you mix it and add more as needed.
ingredients:
1½ oz Bourbon
½ oz Overproof rum
½ oz Pineapple Demerara syrup
2 dashes Aromatic bitters
4 dashes Tiki bitters
ingredients:
Combine ingredients and stir with ice.
Strain into a rocks glass over a large cube.
Garnish with dehydrated pineapple or lime zest.
When adding fresh herbs to cocktails, like basil or mint, many reach for the muddler and proceed to crush the herbs into pieces in the base of the cocktail shaker. There’s really no reason to do this and you probably shouldn’t because overly crushing the herbs may introduce unwanted bitterness in the cocktail.