Author: Marc

  • Strawberry Syrup

    Weigh out all ingredients and add to a large ziploc or vacuum sealable bag. Burp out all the air if using a ziploc. Start a water bath in a large enough vessel to submerge your immersion circulator. Turn the circulator to 135 F and hold the temperature for 2 hours. Submerge the syrup bag in Read more

  • Durian Syrup

    Take the frozen durian and weigh out 200 grams and let thaw half way: still frozen enough to mask the smell, but malleable enough to put through a blender. Add the durian to the blender with the 300 grams of water and 300 grams of white sugar. Blend ingredients together on low until fully incorporated, Read more

  • Pink Matter: Sour

    1.5 oz Clear Creek 8yr Apple Brandy0.5 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka0.25 oz Adriatico Amaretto Bianco0.75 oz Strawberry Syrup0.75 oz Lemon JuiceMethod: shake Glassware: coupe Garnish: none marc rizzuto spring/summer 2024 This bright and vegetal Jack Rose riff was something that came to be when I was making a salad at home (arugula, roasted Read more

  • Flying Fortress: Tropical

    1 oz El Dorado 15 yr Rum0.5 oz Lemon Hart 151 Rhum0.5 oz Batavia Arrack0.75 oz Durian Syrup0.5 oz Pineapple Juice0.25 oz Giffard Banane du Bresil Liqueur0.25 oz Lime Juicemethod: whip shake/ dumpice: pebblesglassware: footed pilsnergarnish: pineapple fronds marc rizzuto spring/summer 2022 All the years I have bartended, and all the bars I have worked Read more

  • Sobrino: Old Fashioned

    1.5 oz La Higuera Sotol Dasylirion Wheeleri 0.25 oz Adriatico Amaretto 0.25 oz Nixta Corn Liqueur 1 dash Bitter Truth Celery BittersMethod: stir and strain Glassware: old fashioned Ice: large block Garnish: lemon twist expressed and discarded MArc rizzuto fall/winter 2023 I would argue the Godfather cocktail is an underrated and underutilized classic Old Fashioned Read more