Thursday Drink Night challenge from this website! Mission: make a tiki drink with one German ingredient. Bonus points for FIRE. Bonus points? Hell, why else would you even spend time trying this?
Mary Ann’s Revenge
1 oz bourbon (I used Bulleit)
1 oz Kümmel (It SOUNDS German. But my bottle’s from Philadelphia.)
1 oz orange juice
.5 oz Trader Tiki’s passion fruit syrup
.5 oz Trader Tiki’s orgeat
two dashes Absinthe Duplais (It IS German. It COUNTS.)
two dashes Regan’s #6 orange bitters
two thin slices fresh ginger
three brandied cherries
.25 oz 151 proof vodka or rum (I used Galen’s cheap, nasty-ass vodka)
Put everything except the ginger, cherries, and overproof vodka / rum in a cocktail shaker. Ice and stir. Strain over cracked ice into a rocks glass. Skewer alternating cherries and fresh ginger slices with a cocktail pick and balance it on the glass rim. Pour a little of the overproof booze over the skewer and IMMEDIATELY light on fire.
Why ‘Mary Ann’s Revenge’? Because it’s fun to set ginger on fire.