Come One, Kombucha
“The kombucha made in your house will be different from the kombucha made anywhere else. I still find it magical.” - Christine Susut
This cocktail is a gin-and-tonic style libation heavily influenced by foraged ingredients, where the flavour of the kombucha is uniquely featured as the soda replacement.
Instructions
Black Gin by Antidote Distilling is made with juniper, rooibos and spruce as well as hand-foraged truffles and mushrooms, then rested in Italian clay amphoras providing an earthy/foresty base. It is then deepened by The Woods Chiaro Amaro, a Pacific Northwest nod to Italian-style amari. Rootside tonic syrup is added to provide the quinine and other botanicals to give the distinct “gin and tonic” character. After a touch of lemon juice to brighten the cocktail, it's all topped off with a healthy dose of Salt Spring Island's refreshing lemon balm/hibiscus kombucha.
In reference to the foraged ingredients, this cocktail takes its name from the Robert Frost poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Ingredients
45 ml Antidote Black Gin
15 ml The Woods Chiaro Amaro
30 ml Rootside Cardamom & Citrus Tonic Syrup
15 ml lemon juice
60 ml SSI Hibiscus Lemon Balm Kombucha
hibiscus petals for garnish
Method
Shake all ingredients except the kombucha. Strain into Collins glass filled with ice, then top with kombucha.
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