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A really delightful equal-parts recipe from The Garret in NYC, presumably it’s a play on The White Lady or The Pink Lady? This is certainly the most recent of the three, and wow, it’s so great… where has it been all my life??

  • 1 ½ oz mezcal
  • 1 ½ oz Aperol
  • 1 ½ oz John. D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum liqueur
  • 1 ½ oz lime juice
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[–] Hugin 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One of my favorites. Doesn't it usually have a mint sprig garnish? A few drops of jalapeno bitters or a splash of Ancho Reyes really adds something.

[–] mpg 2 points 2 days ago

Not sure, it might! Good suggestion on a little bit of spice, I bet that would add a great dimension!

[–] glorkon 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I really do like Velvet Falernum. It's great in a Chartreuse Swizzle, which currently is my favorite drink:

  • 1 oz pineapple juice
  • ¾ oz lime juice
  • 1 ½ oz green Chartreuse
  • ½ oz Velvet Falernum
[–] mpg 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I love that swizzle! Too bad chartreuse is so hard to come by now. Still working through old bottles?

[–] glorkon 2 points 3 days ago

I'm lucky enough to live in Europe where Chartreuse is still pretty easy to get. Plenty of online shops to order from, about 45 € a bottle.

[–] RBWells 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This looks great. It's not too sweet with the Aperol and falernum?

[–] mpg 1 points 3 days ago

I found it to be pretty well balanced! Probably depends a bit on how wild your mezcal is, too. This one is pretty smoky, which helps.

[–] Subtracty 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

1 ½ oz John. D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum liqueur

Well, I can't say I have the in my liquor cabinet. That's a new ingredient I haven't come across before. But I want to try this!

[–] Hugin 2 points 2 days ago

It's good. Herbal, citrus, and sweet. I think of it as a caribbean version of sweet red vermouth. It has a similar use in cocktails.

[–] mpg 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I hadn’t heard of it until I got a tiki cocktail book; it comes up a lot in that context! It’s a super syrupy, sweet, warm spiced liqueur. It’s really quite delicious!

[–] Hugin 3 points 2 days ago

Try a Corn N' Oil my other goto falernum drink.