My first ever original cocktail! Created for the /r/cocktails inaugural cocktail contest, where the required ingredients were bourbon and amaretto. I’m not sure exactly what it was about the prompt that led me to this spice-driven tiki drink. I was inspired by drinks like the Ghost of Blacks Beach, the Allsorts Inc., and the classic Mai Tai (squint hard enough and you’ll see why). I thought that the almondy amaretto and bourbon would always offer a sort of Christmas vibe and so I added just about every liqueur/bitters I own that contribute a holiday spice kind of flavor. I’ve been loving the Barbancourt 5 Star, so decided to split the base with it and the bourbon. The result offers a complex bouquet of spices with some herbal notes, and the lemon keeps everything light and refreshing. I was trying to think of a name for quite a while, but I settled on a pun of “Yuletide Carol” to suggest holiday themes but with “Peril” to lend that sense of danger and adventure that tiki is known for. The drink is light on its feet, but decently boozy, so I thought this was pretty appropriate. Hope you like it!

Yuletide Peril

Jordan Field

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Servings 1 Cocktail

Ingredients

 

• 1 oz bourbon
• 1 oz rhum agricole vieux Barbancourt 5 Star preferred
• ½ oz amaretto
• ¼ oz Bénédictine
• ¼ oz Velvet Falernum
• 1 tsp allspice dram
• Lemon Juice
• 1 dash Xocolatl Mole Bitters
• 1 dash Angostura Bitters
• grated nutmeg for garnish

Instructions

 

• Whip shake with crushed/pebble ice.
• Dump into double rocks glass.
• Fill with crushed/pebble ice.
• Garnish with grated nutmeg.
• Serve with a straw.

Keyword allspice dram, angostura bitters, benedictine, Bourbon, lemon juice, nutmeg, Reader Submitted, rhum agricole, velvet falernum, Yuletide Peril