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Growing Old Cocktail

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A stirred Cynar-forward drink with rye whiskey, built in a pastis-rinsed glass with a pinch of salt and lemon twists. Bitter, savoury and herbal, with a faint anise aroma. Created by Maks Pazuniak at Cure, New Orleans, in 2009.

Similar names: Growing Envy, Growing Envy #2, Growing Old and Dying Happy Is a Hope...

Method
Stirred
Glass
cocktail
Difficulty
Medium
Flavor Profile
Bitter
Citrus
Dry
Herbal

Ingredients

Servings:
1
Your bar: 0/5
Cynar
60 ml
Salt Rim
1 pinch
Lemon Zest
2 twst
expressed
Rye Whiskey
30 ml
Pastis
1 rinse
🌱 Vegan🌾 Contains gluten

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Instructions

  1. Mix Cynar, rye whiskey, and salt in a mixing glass.
  2. Stir to dissolve the salt.
  3. Squeeze the oils from the lemon peels over the drink and drop them inside the glass.
  4. Add ice cubes, stir again,
  5. then strain into an Herbsaint-washed cocktail glass.
  6. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

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