Cocktail

Big City Nights

Aaron Defeo & Little Rituals

Coupe Glass

Ingredients

1.5 oz

The Botanist Gin

Blackberry-infused; steep fresh or frozen blackberries in gin for 24–48 hours, then strain
0.75 oz

Lemon Juice

freshly squeezed
0.75 oz

Herbed Cinnamon Syrup

Combine 2 cups sugar, 1 cup water, 1 cinnamon stick, and 1 tbsp herbes de Provence in a saucepan; bring to a boil, simmer until sugar dissolves, cool, strain, and bottle
0.5 oz

Suze
0.5 oz

Dolin Dry
1 whole

Egg White

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker without ice and dry shake vigorously for 30 seconds to emulsify the egg white.
2. Add ice and shake vigorously for another 30 seconds.
3. Double-strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a chilled coupe glass.

About

Created by Aaron Defeo at Little Rituals in Downtown Phoenix, this European-style sour is a slightly herbal, floral cocktail combining blackberry-infused gin, Suze gentian liqueur, dry vermouth, fresh lemon, and a house herbed cinnamon syrup made with herbes de Provence and Ceylon cinnamon.

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