Post #600594 by TorchGuy on Tue, Aug 2, 2011 8:19 PM

The falernum and Chartreuse are great. The drink is very tart - it's hard for me to describe, having a tiny bit of synesthesia, but it tasted like the bright pink-amber color it was. It had many, many layers, but these didn't change as I went - I got depth in every sip. The hibiscus is just a whisper, and that's all it had to be; Zig Zag makes their own, and I managed to get ten ounces of it from them, though they don't sell it (shhhh) for making my own.

No one ingredient in this drink shines, stands forward or becomes a star - yet none fully take a back seat. They're all in there, and I picked up hints of all in addition to a smooth whole.

Anyone try this, give me a name please. I like the idea of "_____ Swizzle". I called it Zombie's Dream because, as Erik was just starting the mix, someone else asked what he was making and he said, "It's a variant on a Zombie". Mind, this wasn't a recipe idea he'd had - he was adding a bit of this and a bit of that which he thought would approximate what I asked for (tiki-style, lime rum falernum but loads of complexity) which was then shaken, tasted, then adjusted slightly, shaken again, then the bitters added - and even at the end he considered adding mint, but switched to an orange twist. This was a master tender exploring the avenues of his built-in drink creator program.