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Bower Sour

Hibiscus flowers lend an earthiness to The Bower Bar’s delicately beautiful variation on the Whiskey Sour.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 ounces Bourbon
  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lemon
  • 1/4 ounce housemade Hibiscus Syrup, recipe follows
  • 3/4 ounce Aquafaba (chickpea juice)
  • Peychaud's Bitters, for garnish
  • Hibiscus flowers, for garnish

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake without ice. Add ice and shake again.

Strain into a coupe glass.

Garnish with a small splash of Peychaud’s bitters. Sprinkle a few dried hibiscus flowers over the top.

– Mickey Mullins

 

Hibiscus Syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup dried hibiscus flowers

Combine water and sugar in a sauce pan. Bring to a soft boil. Remove from heat and add hibiscus flowers. Let steep for 15 minutes.

Strain out flowers. Cool and store in an airtight container or jar in fridge.

Yields 1 cup syrup

Keeps when refrigerated for up to 1 week.

 

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