Top Step Cocktail

In this play on a traditional gin sour, Seamstress creative director Pamela Wiznitzer tempers the clear stuff with Jäger and sweetens the mix with the addition of honey and orange juice. Here, Jäger adds a slight spice and bitterness that fuses excellently with the addition of aromatic bitters, which are also used as garnish.

Ingredients

For the honey syrup:

  • 1 cup honey
  • 13 cup hot water

For the cocktail:

  • 34 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 14 oz. fresh orange juice
  • 12 oz. honey syrup
  • 34 oz. Jägermeister
  • 1 12 oz. old Tom gin
  • 1 egg white
  • 3 dashes aromatic bitters, as garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Make the honey syrup: In a container, combine honey and hot water and stir until completely mixed. Use immediately or store and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

Step 2

In a cocktail shaker, combine the juices, honey, Jägermeister, gin and egg white and dry shake, without ice, for 15-20 seconds.

Step 3

Fill the shaker with ice and shake an additional 20 seconds to aerate the egg white.

Step 4

Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with drops of aromatic bitters.
  1. Make the honey syrup: In a container, combine honey and hot water and stir until completely mixed. Use immediately or store and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
  2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the juices, honey, Jägermeister, gin and egg white and dry shake, without ice, for 15-20 seconds.
  3. Fill the shaker with ice and shake an additional 20 seconds to aerate the egg white.
  4. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with drops of aromatic bitters.
Drinks

Top Step Cocktail

Top Step cocktail
DAN Q. DAO

By Pamela Wiznitzer


Published on May 20, 2017

In this play on a traditional gin sour, Seamstress creative director Pamela Wiznitzer tempers the clear stuff with Jäger and sweetens the mix with the addition of honey and orange juice. Here, Jäger adds a slight spice and bitterness that fuses excellently with the addition of aromatic bitters, which are also used as garnish.

Ingredients

For the honey syrup:

  • 1 cup honey
  • 13 cup hot water

For the cocktail:

  • 34 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 14 oz. fresh orange juice
  • 12 oz. honey syrup
  • 34 oz. Jägermeister
  • 1 12 oz. old Tom gin
  • 1 egg white
  • 3 dashes aromatic bitters, as garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Make the honey syrup: In a container, combine honey and hot water and stir until completely mixed. Use immediately or store and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

Step 2

In a cocktail shaker, combine the juices, honey, Jägermeister, gin and egg white and dry shake, without ice, for 15-20 seconds.

Step 3

Fill the shaker with ice and shake an additional 20 seconds to aerate the egg white.

Step 4

Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with drops of aromatic bitters.
  1. Make the honey syrup: In a container, combine honey and hot water and stir until completely mixed. Use immediately or store and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
  2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the juices, honey, Jägermeister, gin and egg white and dry shake, without ice, for 15-20 seconds.
  3. Fill the shaker with ice and shake an additional 20 seconds to aerate the egg white.
  4. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with drops of aromatic bitters.

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