Shudders in a Whisper

Category: Tropical Cocktails

Shudders in a Whisper is from the excellent Smuggler’s Cove cocktail book, a must-have if you love inventive tropical cocktails. This one calls for Drambuie (a scotch-based liqueur) and pear liqueur, two ingredients rarely found in tiki drinks. The resulting flavor is a mystical “can’t-put-your-finger-on-it” melange of honey, pears, and fruity spice.

If you’re fresh out of seltzer, club soda, or plain sparkling water, a lightly-flavored sparkling water (citrus or passionfruit or pear) would be just fine.

Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki by Martin Cate

2 parts Aged rum
½ part Pear liqueur
¼ part Scotch whisky liqueur
¾ part Lime juice
½ part Passion fruit syrup or Passion fruit puree
2 dashes Creole bitters or Aromatic bitters or Orange bitters or Tiki bitters
1 dash Aromatic bitters or Creole bitters or Orange bitters or Tiki bitters
2 parts Sparkling water or Flavored sparkling water

If you have a flash blender, blend all ingredients (including the sparkling water) with a cupful-and-a-half of crushed ice.

Otherwise, shake all ingredients (except the sparkling water) with ice, strain into a tiki mug or tall glass, add the sparkling water, and top with crushed or pebble ice.

Garnish your heart out with mint, edible flowers, lime wheels – the works.

Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki by Martin Cate

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