Brock & Stormy


Ingredients

Ginger Beer

  • 3" piece fresh ginger (or enough when juiced for 1 oz ginger juice)
  • 2 oz simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water)
  • 2½ oz fresh lemon juice, finely strained
  • 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 8 oz cold water
  • single charge of CO2

Cocktail

  • 1½ oz spiced rum (Sailor Jerry)
  • ¾ oz Benedictine liqueur
  • ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
  • 2-3 dashes Angostura or Bittermens Tiki Bitters*

Special Equipment

  • juicer
  • ½ -1 liter soda siphon, chilled
  • CO2 canister

How-to

Make Ginger Beer

  1. Peel about a 3" piece of fresh ginger.  Run through a juicer to make fresh ginger juice.  You will need approximately 1 oz of ginger juice
  2. Add 2 oz simple syrup, 2½ oz fresh lemon juice (finely strained), 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters, and 8 oz cold water
  3. Pour mixture into a chilled soda siphon and screw top on tightly
  4. Use a single charge from a CO2 canister; you can hear the gas get inserted into the canister. Then discard the charge and refrigerate the Ginger Beer for about 1 hour

Make  Brock & Stormy

  1. While holding the soda siphon level, fill a highball glass halfway with the chilled Ginger Beer
  2. Add 1½ oz spiced rum (Sailor Jerry), ¾ oz Benedictine liqueur, ¾ oz fresh lemon juice, and 2-3 dashes Angostura or Bittermens Tiki Bitters
  3. Fill with ice, give it a roll, add a tall straw and serve