Pink-Eye Old Fashioned – Rhubarb Peppercorn Old Fashioned

old fashioned cocktail with rhubarb roses, flowers and mint

Pink-Eye Old Fashioned – Rhubarb Peppercorn Old Fashioned

Get a little pink in your eye with this classic old fashioned riff featuring rhubarb-peppercorn simple syrup and smoke and chili bitters. While it doesn't have enough syrup in it to turn it pink, the rhubarb tart-sweet flavors and the peppercorns aromatics and heat are discernable through and through.

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Course Drinks

Cuisine Bourbon Cocktail

Servings

Ingredients

1 oz rye (Jack Daniels)
1 oz bourbon (Old Forester 86)
½ oz rhubarb peppercorn syrup**
5 dashes 1821 prohibition aromatic bitters
1 dash Hella Smoke and Chile bitters
Garnish – Rhubarb rose or knot, fresh edible flowers, peppercorns. Optional – cracked pepper rim.

Instructions

Combine bourbon, rye, syrup and bitters in a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir until chilled and well-combined. Strain into a rocks glass with one large cube and garnish with a strip of rhubarb, peppercorns and flowers as desired.

Notes

**Rhubarb Peppercorn Syrup

2 c chopped rhubarb
1 c sugar
1 c water
2 tsp peppercorns, lightly cracked

Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down and let simmer for at least 20 minutes, or until the rhubarb breaks down and becomes mushy. Strain through a colander, then a fine mesh sieve to get as much of the rhubarb solids out as possible. Reserve the solids for use on baked goods, ice cream or as garnish on a lovely salmon steak. Store in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.

Keyword bourbon, chili, peppercorn, rhubarb, rye

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