The Galleon
By April Leslie and Vill Eala from Lineage
Yield: 1 cocktail
- 2 dashes Bittermens Mole bitters
- ¼ ounce Chinese 5-Spice Tepache (See recipe.)
- ½ ounce Amaro Montenegro
- 2 ounces Roca Patrón Reposado Tequila
- handful ice
Add all ingredients to a shaker cup and stir to combine. Strain into a Nick and Nora glass — a hybrid between a coupe and a martini glass.
- Chinese 5-Spice Tepache
- rind from 1 medium pineapple, rough-chopped
- 1 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 3 star anise
- Maui honey, to taste
Add the first six ingredients to quart-sized Mason jar. Drizzle in honey (to taste) and stir to combine. Cover and allow to sit at room temperature 48 hours. Strain and discard solids. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
Curry Up and Wait
By Dennis Day from Māla Ocean Tavern
Yield: 1 cocktail
- 1½ ounces Roca Patrón Silver
- ½ ounce Campari
- ½ ounce curry-leaf-infused Dolin dry vermouth**
- ¼ ounce yellow Chartreuse
- ¼ ounce mezcal
- 2 dashes orange bitters
- handful ice
Add all ingredients to a tall shaker cup and stir to combine. Strain into a Nick and Nora glass.
**To make this mixer, steep ½ cup fresh curry leaves in vermouth for 1 week. Strain and store in a covered container.
Roca After Dark
By Taylor Howarth from Merriman’s Kapalua
Yield: 1 cocktail
- 2 ounces Roca Patrón Reposado
- 1 ounce Housemade Horchata (See recipe.)
- ½ ounce Borsci Elisir San Marzano liqueur
- ½ ounce agave syrup
- 3 dashes black walnut bitters
- handful ice
- grated nutmeg, for garnish
Place first six ingredients in a shaker cup and shake 45 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
Housemade Horchata
- 6 cups water
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1½ cups uncooked long-grain rice, rinsed
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add water, cinnamon and rice to a blender cup and blend on high until rice begins to break up, about 1 minute. Pour mixture into a large bowl. Soak 3 hours at room temperature. Strain through a cheesecloth into another bowl and discard solids. Add condensed milk and vanilla to the bowl and whisk vigorously. Cover and store in refrigerator.
