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Greg Best, Atlanta

Fast Rigging cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Method · Shaken

  1. 1Gently muddle the mint, ginger and celery with the syrup and lime juice and let it sit a few minutes.
  2. 2Fine strain into a clean shaker, add the rum and aperitif and shake with ice.
  3. 3Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a small mint sprig and cracked black pepper.
Glass
Coupe
Ice
Up
Garnish
Mint sprig and cracked black pepper

Prep ahead

Fresh juice

Lime Juice

Yield
About 1 oz per lime
Keeps
1 day
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • Fresh limes

Method

  1. 1Juice to order or in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.

House prep

Lemon Zest Syrup (1:1)

Yield
About 2 cups
Keeps
1 month
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 1 cupsugar
  • 1 cupwater
  • Zest of one lemon
  • 0.33 cuplemon juice

Method

  1. 1Simmer the sugar, water and zest over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Cool, stir in the lemon juice and fine-strain into a bottle.

About the Fast Rigging

Fast Rigging is a sour made with white rum, lime juice and lemon zest syrup (1:1), created by Greg Best.

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