11/20/2023 0 Comments Halloween whiskey cocktailsThen of course there is the absinthe rinse. If you do use another chocolate liqueur, don’t use any syrup or your cocktail will likely turn out too sweet. Chocolate liqueur can be overly sweet, but the New Deal Mud Puddle is a bitter chocolate liqueur, so it’s not cloyingly sweet and adds a nice earthiness to the drink. I decided to double down on the chocolate notes by adding some chocolate liqueur. There’s usually a pretty intense spice to a traditional Rye Sazerac, but there are some lovely stone fruit notes when you make the drink with Cognac (the supposed pre-cursor to the Rye version), and I wanted to play on those darker, sweeter notes in this version. I thought this might make for an interesting Sazerac variation. The flavor profile reminds me a bit of a Black Forest Cake, with notes of dark chocolate and deep cherry. Where as standard Cutty Sark can be a bit of a boring blended whisky, Cutty Pro is anything but boring. I was lucky enough to work on the brand when they launched it in NYC several years ago. Since this was going to be a dark cocktail, I really wanted deep flavors as well. Now that we’ve gotten the safety portion of this black drink out of the way, let’s talk flavor profile. I consulted with a poison center professional, and they confirmed that small doses of charcoal, like what I used for this cocktail (260mg) are unlikely to impact you, but if you are taking any kind of medication, it’s best not to have charcoal until at least an hour after taking your medication, and if you’re on any kind of life-saving medication at all, it’s best to avoid it just to be safe. That said, they are typically using extremely high doses of it to do so. Charcoal has been used by medical professionals to detox patients with overdoses. The Dark Soul cocktail (image via Emily Ross-Johnson/The Whiskey Wash)Īctivated charcoal doesn’t impart a taste, but it does come with the risk of being an ingredient known for removing impurities from both distilled spirits (yup, the inside of those whiskey barrels aren’t charred for nothing), and your body.
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