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a softer side of a gentleman (Jack)

I entered this one into a whiskey sour contest. It was one of two drinks required. This, the second assignment was be as creative as I wanted staying true to sour and using what I have learned from whiskey’s past to present. I clarified and chose a gender neutral color yellow. I added clarified lemon juice and brûléed the foam to remove any egg smell. Who wants a nose of egg white straight away? The flavors add simple complexity to the drink. With each sip the liquid dissolves the foam. All pleasantly pleasing and excite the palate. Think charred wood with ginger black pepper flavors of whiskey. The syrups add just the right amount of sweet and the citric acid brings back the pucker. The white chocolate was going to be slats of chocolate bark up and around the sides of the glass but I thought it too much and added the white chocolate shavings instead. The sugar pearls could indicate a wedding, a new year or perhaps just the intention, added texture.

This one goes down easy. Another question of is there or isn’t there alcohol in this sour. There is. It’s clear. It’s pretty and pale yellow.

May I introduce A Softer Side of a Gentleman (Jack) sour.

softer side of a gentleman

3 ounces of Gentleman Jack (goat milk lemons limes orange clarified)

1/2 ounce and a bar spoon of homemade fresh ginger simple syrup (bar spoon for the foam recipe below)

1/2 ounce of homemade toasted black peppercorn agave syrup (you can purchase a pre-made if you don’t want to make it)

generous pinch to 1/4 teaspoon of Cultures for Your Health citric acid powder (depends on how much pucker you want)

For the foam

1 chicken egg egg white for the foam

dash of cream of tartar (if using kitchen aid whisk attached mixer instead of canister)

1/2 ounce of clarified lemon juice

(1 1/2 teaspoons of agar agar to 8 ounces of lemon juice freeze 24 hours and throw using coffee filter fastened to a freezer safe lid container)

bar spoon of ginger syrup

pinch of pink salt

Add egg whites to a mixing bowl or canister cylinder. If using a mixing bowl and whisk add cream of tartar. Add salt and lemon juice and ginger syrup once soft peaks have formed in the mixing bowl.

For the cocktail.

Add all ingredients to a bucket glass. Add large clear ice cube (if you can). Crushed ice is great too. Add egg white foam.!

Garnish the cocktail with chocolate shaving, SLO food gold leaf for garnishing, Bamboo skewers and toothpicks to work with the gold, Vanilla candy pearls optional (sometimes I get carried away)

Butane torch to brûlée to give that charred campfire smell and taste

Glass: clear bucket glass

1 large clear cube ice cube

Enjoy!

Please drink responsibly

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I made this drink with two different foam toppings. One gold white chocolate brûlée and the other gold white chocolate brûlée add white sugar pearls

gold hibiscus bitters foam clarified whiskey ginger juice sour

ingredients for the cocktail

3 ounces of clarified Gentleman Jack

1/2 ounce of toasted black pepper agave

1 tablespoon of fresh ginger juice

pinch or two of Cultures for Your Health citric acid powder

1 hibiscus flower

2 tablespoons of hibiscus syrup for the foam

4 dashes of angostura bitters for the foam

1 sheet of SLO food gold leaf

Several toasted peppercorns for the garnish

Method for the cocktail

Add 3 ounces of clarified Gentleman Jack to a bucket glass. Add your peppercorns agave syrup ginger juice and citric acid to the glass. Add ice. I like a large rock. Several smaller ice cubes an excellent alternative if you don’t have a large rock. Scoop the foam from the mixing tin on top of the iced cocktail. Toss in a few of your toasted peppercorns and your gold hibiscus flower.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: toasted peppercorns and gold hibiscus flower

For the clarification

10 ounces of Gentleman Jack whiskey 7 for the start of the clarification plus 3 additional ounces to add to the batch to finalize clarification

9 ounces of goat milk

2 medium limes

2 medium lemons

1 medium orange

2 tablespoons of vanilla (I make mine from scratch and the recipe can be found under syrups on home page)

1 tablespoon of citric acid

In a mixing glass add 7 ounces of Gentleman Jack whiskey and the room temperature juice of the citrus. Then slowly pour in 9 ounces of goat milk. Whisk with a whisk or fork as you pour. Once milk bourbon mixture combined, cover, label, and refrigerate for 3-24 hours. As soon as there is a visible separation, start the filtering. A few passes for me. The coffee filter broke the first time. It always seems to break. I switched to cheese cloth for the next pass then back to the coffee filter. There were still some particles present after the second pass. One more filter and finally. The liquid should be crystal clear. After add the citric acid, vanilla, and remaining 3 ounces of whiskey.

For the ginger juice

Juice a medium knob of ginger root. No need to peel unless you want to do so. I recommend using a spoon and scrape the skin. I also recommend a good rinse before use. Of the spoon and the ginger root. If you use a blender to extract juice from ginger root, strain off the pulp with a cheese cloth. Set juice aside until ready to use.

For the peppercorn agave syrup

Toast 1/4 cup of peppercorns in a frying pan. Add them to 1/4 cup of agave. Once cool, store in refrigerator until ready to use.

For the foam

Add two dashes of cream of tartar to a mixing tin. Remove the coil from the Hawthorn strainer and add to the tin. Crack the egg and separate the yolk from the whites. Save the yolk for something else. The whites should be shaken dry with the coil. Dry shake. Add bitters and hibiscus and dry shake again. This should be the last step as it is the topper of the cocktail.

For the toasted peppercorns

Add a few peppercorns to a nonstick frying pan. Toast and set aside. Taking some from the agave syrup is also an option.

For the hibiscus

Add water to a bowl. Place a sheet of SLO food gold in the water. It will float. Secure a hibiscus flower to a skewer tip or toothpick or two or use a fork. Dip the flower in the water over the gold and in a swirling motion to pick up the gold with the flower. The flower will stick to the gold if done properly. You can store your flower in an airtight container for a day or two before use, if need be. More on this under garnishes on the home page if you need more information on gold hibiscus flower garnish.

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a semi classic Whiskey Sour

Creating sours for a contest produces drinks like this. I stray from my usual sweet tart version. This is a slight alteration of the classic whiskey sour. Gentleman Jack the base. I add gold to a clunky lemon and a red cherry. I don’t use either in my sours, clunky or not, 90% of the time. They sure are pretty though. You will want to try this one at home.

Ingredients

2 ounces of Gentleman Jack

1/2 ounce simple syrup

1/2 ounce agave

1 ounce of fresh lemon juice

2-3 dashes of angostura bitters

1 egg white from a chicken egg

1 lemon wheel

1 cherry

gold leaf for the garnishes

Method

Separate the yolk from the whites. Add the whites to the mixing tin. Save the yolk for something else or toss. Up to you. Remove the coils from the Hawthorne strainer. Dry shake the whites first. Add all other wet ingredients. Dry shake some more. Add ice. Shake some more. You can double fine strain the cocktail. I don’t. Strain over ice in a bucket glass. Squeeze a bit of lemon over the settled cocktail from the rest of that lemon. A couple of dashes of angostura bitters for the stirring. Add your gold lemon and cherry. That’s it. Creamy, smooth sour.

Glass: bucket glass

Garnish: gold lemon wheel and cherry

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