Shaken · Julep cup
GarnishMint bouquet
Shaken · Julep cup
Mike Perez, Death & Co, Los Angeles (2025)
Buster Sword cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 1.5 oz
- 0.5 ozPeach aperitif
- 0.25 ozShiso liqueur
- 0.5 ozSimple syrup (1:1)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 1 dashPeychaud's bitters
Bottle · Peychaud's Bitters
- 3Lemon eighths
Method · Shaken
- 1Muddle the lemon pieces in a shaker, add everything else and give it a brief shake with ice.
- 2Dump the whole thing into a julep tin and pack it with crushed ice.
- 3Garnish with a mint bouquet and serve with a straw.
- Glass
- Julep cup
- Ice
- Crushed
- Garnish
- Mint bouquet
Prep ahead
House prep
Simple Syrup (1:1)
- Yield
- Example batch: 500 g sugar, 500 g water
- Keeps
- 1 month
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 partwhite sugar (by weight)
- 1 partboiling water (by weight)
Method
- 1Weigh equal parts sugar and boiling water from the hot water kettle. Stir well until the sugar dissolves. Let cool down and bottle. Label the bottle. Refrigerate.
About the Buster Sword
Buster Sword is a cocktail made with rye whiskey, peach aperitif and shiso liqueur, created by Mike Perez at Death & Co in 2025.
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