Lady Death Cocktail
Lady Death is a honey, pomegranate, smoked citrus scotch cocktail recipe for the harvest, honoring the dead (& death). Inspired by Samhain, this is a perfect halloween scotch whiskey cocktail to celebrate the occasion and remember loved ones.
Ingredients
- 6 arils pomegranate
- 1 sprig rosemary lightly smoked tip
- 3/4 ounce rose honey syrup or traditional honey syrup sans rose (instructions below)
- 1/2 ounce lemon freshly squeezed
- 1/2 ounce apple juice
- 1.5 ounce Ardbeg Wee Beastie Scotch
- 1/2 ounce red wine for float
- 1-2 skull ice cubes for finished drink display, optional
Non-Alcoholic Mocktail Subsitutions
- 1.5 ounce Lyre's American Malt I would lessen honey syrup to 1/2 and add more to taste, if needed. The American Malt has a sublet carmel component that lessens the needs for more sweetness.
- 1/2 ounce Dealcoholized Red Wine
Rose-Honey Syrup
- 1 tbsp dried rose petals food grade
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 1/3 cup honey added after steeping rose in hot water for 5-10 minutes.
Instructions
- Lightly smoked rosemary with match. Drop into shaker and add pomegranate and honey syrup.
- Muddle pomegranate seeds and rosemary in syrup in shaker. Add in lemon, apple juice, scotch, and ice.
- Shake and strain into desired glass over large skull cubes (ideally). Gently pour red wine atop large cubes to lessen the force, allowing the red wine to float at the top.
- Garnish with rosemary sprig, smoking the tip to burn in remembrance.
Rose-Honey Syrup
- Steep rose petals in hot water for 5-10 minutes. Stir in honey after until mixed. Infuse longer in the fridge, if desired.
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