April Wachtel

Initiation à la mixologie : Améliorez votre jeu de cocktails en 30 minutes !

Patrick, this looks great! If you had any issues dissolving the molasses (or want greater volume but with less intense molasses flavor) you could always make it into a syrup beforehand, with the 'rich simple syrup' ratio of 2 parts molasses to 1 part hot water. Also, maybe you're familiar, but I've been using Cruzan Blackstrap rum a lot recently to get the best of both worlds ('Blackstrap is a subcategory of rum- molasses is added to the rum after distillation for flavor color and aroma), so you get a lot of that earthy deep flavor, but with minimal sweetness:)

Thank you for creating this course and for your comments, April.  That's a great idea to dilute the molasses with the hot water.  I have had blackstrap rum in a bar, but didn't have any on-hand, so the molasses and juice worked well to complement the barrel aged rum.  I think that next time, I'll back off a bit on the sugar and increase the lime juice to make it a little more lively.  I am a big fan of the nutmeg.If I were to do a sour with tequila, is that essentially a margarita?   I'm hoping that some other classmates post some ideas for tequila or mezcal.  I have very little experience with these spirits and would like to try them some more.

Hey Patrick! So Tequila, lemon, sugar (and possibly eggwhite) would be a Tequila sour... a Margarita has Tequila, lime, and orange liqueur (Cointreau, Combier, etc). People often fold in agave syrup when doing riffs. When just starting out using Mezcal (or if you have a low tolerance to smoke) I recommend using smaller quantities of Mezcal in conjunction with Tequila. One of my favorite recipes was created by a friend and ex-bartender of mine, Danielle. Here's the recipe... it's a crowdpleaser! "The Chupacabra:"  1 oz Reposado Tequila, 1 oz St Germain, .5 oz Punt e Mes, .5 oz Fresh Lime juice             half eyedropper smoky Mezcal (Vida is a good choice.) Build ingredients in a mixing glass or tin. Add ice, shake, and strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lime wheel, enjoy!Also, you should try making a tequila/mezcal Old Fashioned (simply spirits, bitters, water (ice) and sugar.) You can try Agave syrup as the sweetener instead of simple, do 1 oz each tequila and a smoky mezcal... maybe switch the bitters from Angostura and use Hellfire (hot) and Molé bitters (dry/dark/earthy).. stir, rocks, orange twist. Just a thought!

For my project, I made a rum based sour.
<ul><li>2 oz Zaya 12 year old aged rum</li>
<li>1/2 oz fresh squeezed key lime</li>
<li>1 bar spoon blackstrap molasses</li>
<li>grated nutmeg on top</li>
</ul>I put the molasses in the bottom of my shaker and strained my lime juice over.&nbsp; Stirred it with a bar spoon so that the molasses can be better able to dissolve fully.&nbsp; Added rum and ice.&nbsp; Shook until my hands stuck to the shaker.&nbsp; Poured over ice in pre-chilled glass.&nbsp; Grated fresh nutmeg to cover.
Very pleased with the results.&nbsp; The molasses compliments the aged rum well as a sweetener!
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Aged rum sour

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