The Queen Parks Swizzle

Apr 24

Brads’ QUEEN PARK SWIZZLE

FIRST!!! Take 10 mint leaves into the palm of your hand, CLAP, gently roll and add to your Collins glass. While they are in the glass, use your barspoon or swizzle stick to rub the leaves around the inside of the glass.
Then add in:
- 2oz Demerara rum
- 1oz Freshly squeezed lime juice
- 3/4oz Simple syrup
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
Grab your Lewis bag and mallet and fill the bag with ice
HAMMER that ice to crushed bits
Making sure your swizzle stick (or bar spoon) is in the glass, fill your glass halfway with crushed ice
Swizzle with your swizzle stick or bar spoon until the outside of the glass becomes frosted. “How do I swizzle?” you ask? Place the stem of the stick / spoon between your palms and rub back and forth. DON’T chop the ice up into bits. Make sure you are swizzling above the leaves. Be sure to push any leaves that may have strayed up towards the top back down.
Fill the glass with more ice, until mounded on top
Add more angostura bitters, soaking the top. You should have a nice 3 layered drink; green, gold, and a ice dark reddish brown at the top. Garnish with a few mint sprigs, slap ‘em around first and fluff them up before planting in your ice.