Shaken · Coupe
GarnishMelon ball on a pick
Shaken · Coupe
Alex Kveton, The Rockwell Place, Brooklyn
Use Your Illusion I.5 cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 1.5 oz
- 0.75 ozSaison syrup (1:1)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 0.75 ozLemon juice
Fresh juice · Recipe below ↓
- 0.25 ozCantaloupe syrup (1:1)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 1 barspoonGinger-orange syrup
House prep · Recipe below ↓
Method · Shaken
- 1Shake everything with ice until chilled.
- 2Fine strain into a coupe and garnish with a melon ball on a pick.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- Up
- Garnish
- Melon ball on a pick
Prep ahead
House prep
Saison Syrup (1:1)
- Yield
- About 24 oz
- Keeps
- 2 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 2 cupsSaison beer
- 2 cupsWhite sugar
Method
- 1Whisk the beer and sugar over low heat for three to five minutes until dissolved. Let the foam settle, skim what remains and bottle.
Fresh juice
Lemon Juice
- Yield
- About 1.5 oz per lemon
- Keeps
- 2 days
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh lemons
Method
- 1Juice in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.
House prep
Cantaloupe Syrup (1:1)
- Keeps
- 1 week
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 partcantaloupe juice
- 1 partsugar
Method
- 1Blend on medium for a minute until dissolved.
House prep
Ginger-Orange Syrup
- Yield
- Variable
- Keeps
- 1 week
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1.5 partsUnpeeled ginger (by weight)
- 1 partWhite sugar
- 1 partOrange juice
Method
- 1Blend the ginger, sugar and orange juice until smooth, thirty to sixty seconds. Squeeze through a nut milk bag or cheesecloth to extract all the liquid.
About the Use Your Illusion I.5
Use Your Illusion I.5 is a sour made with cognac, saison syrup (1:1) and lemon juice, created by Alex Kveton at The Rockwell Place.
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