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Austin Hartman, Montana's Trail House, Brooklyn

King Buzzo cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Mixer · Recipe below ↓

Method · Stirred

  1. 1Give a rocks glass a half rim of Sichuan button salt.
  2. 2Stir the tequila, honey syrup and lime acid with ice and strain into the glass.
  3. 3Top with the sparkling rosé.
Glass
Rocks
Ice
Neat
Garnish
Half rim of Sichuan button salt

Prep ahead

House prep

Honey Syrup (1:1)

Keeps
1 month
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 1 parthoney
  • 1 partwarm water

Method

  1. 1Stir the honey into the warm water until fully combined. Let cool. Store in the refrigerator.

Mixer

Lime Acid

Yield
About 1 liter
Keeps
3 months
Storage
Room temperature

Ingredients

  • 940 mlwater
  • 40 gcitric acid
  • 20 gmalic acid
  • 5 mlsuccinic acid solution (40 g succinic acid in 460 ml warm water)

Method

  1. 1Stir until dissolved.

Mixer

Sichuan Button Salt

Yield
About 0.5 cup
Keeps
3 months
Storage
Room temperature

Ingredients

  • About 50 Sichuan buttons (buzz buttons)
  • Kosher salt

Method

  1. 1Dehydrate the flower buttons overnight, pull the flowers off the stems and grind them to a powder. Shake two parts salt with one part of the powder by volume.

About the King Buzzo

King Buzzo is a cocktail made with reposado tequila, honey syrup (1:1) and lime acid, created by Austin Hartman at Montana's Trail House.

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