Made You Look

A comforting Old Fashioned riff brimming with autumnal flavors 🍐🍎🥃 The butterscotch, oak, and cinnamon notes in the Reposado tequila work well with the fruit notes in the guava-infused Apple Brandy to provide a flavorful base. The ripe pear and baking spice flavors in the spiced pear liqueur and vanilla-forward liqueur add complementary flavors while the rosemary notes in the bitters provide a hint of savory flavor
1.5 oz Reposado Tequila (El Tesoro, Arette, etc)
.5 oz Guava-Infused Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy (Chop 1-2 oz guava paste into small cubes and infuse into 4 oz Apple Brandy for ~2 days at room temp (occasionally shaking gently to mix) before straining)
.25 oz Spiced Pear Liqueur (St George’s)
Tsp Vanilla Liqueur (Licor 43; can sub vanilla syrup)
Tsp Rich Simple Syrup (2 parts unrefined sugar of choice: 1 part water; stir until dissolved)
2 dashes Crude Rizzo Bitters (Rosemary, thyme, pink peppercorn)
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled double rocks glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with a lemon twist