Green Pheasant

Inspiration springs from many places for me, chief among them fun connections I can make with names. While waiting for my morning coffee, I was looking at my liquor shelf and saw my Suntory Toki and thought “Japanese Whiskey Jungle Bird!” So I googled the national bird of Japan and got, uhh, the Green Pheasant? Cool cool cool, but I couldn’t make a red drink could I? Nope, so we leaned as green as possible while bringing in my darling color bully Suze for the bitter. This cocktail packs a subtle punch, the whiskey and gin combo bringing soft fruit and juniper flavors together surrounded by the bitter Suze and herbal GC and Absinthe. Green tea syrup replaces Demerara while the pineapple and lime stay put. This was wildly delicious, sweet, strong and a little bitter as a Jungle Bird riff should be but super herbal with layered flavor dynamics underneath. It’s very thematic at least. Follow me on Instagram @cocktail.complex

Reference

r/cocktails

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baldsuburbangay

375 points

Properties

Type: Sidecar: Spirit, Liqueur, Citrus, Sweetener