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<\/p>\nINDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 \u00a0Cinco de Mayo may be over, but the party continued in the \u201cLife.Style.Live!\u201d kitchen as bartender and cocktail entrepreneur Brett Butler mixed a pair of globe-trotting drinks for Colton and Stacy.<\/p>\n
The first featured drink is the Mole Manhattan, a Mexican sweet & sour take on the classic cocktail.<\/p>\n
\u201cTraditional Manhattan, for those that don\u2019t know: whiskey-based, sweet vermouth, bitters. Very simple, three ingredients,\u201d Butler said. \u201cThis is a riff on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Butler began with the base spirit, pouring Hard Truth\u2019s Sweet Mash High Road Rye from Hard Truth Hills in Columbus.<\/p>\n
He says a strong base spirit is the backbone of a good cocktail.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just gives a lot of structure. It gives a lot of depth,\u201d Butler said. \u201cCocktails are all about balance, right? So that\u2019s going to provide structure.\u201d<\/p>\n
For anyone who prefers not to taste the alcohol at all, Butler says whiskey may not be the first choice. Vodka is a neutral spirit that \u201cgoes with anything\u201d and tends to be the favorite of people who want a lighter flavor in the glass.<\/p>\n
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Mole Manhattan<\/p>\n
\u00a02\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hard Truth Hills Sweet Mash Rye\u00a0<\/p>\n
.75\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cocchi di Torino Sweet Vermouth\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
.25\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cynar\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Bsp.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur\u00a0<\/p>\n
1 dropper\u00a0\u00a0Bittermen\u2019s\u00a0Mole Bitters\u00a0<\/p>\n
Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass with a large ice cube and stir for twenty seconds until well chilled.\u00a0\u00a0Strain into a martini or coupe glass and garnish with a mole-soaked\u00a0Luxardo\u00a0cherry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second cocktail, called the Ube Colada, is a riff on the tropical rum classic, celebrating Filipino flavors and culture. Ube \u2014 pronounced \u201cOO-bay\u201d \u2014 is a purple yam widely used in Filipino cuisine, desserts, and drinks. Its vivid violet color and subtly sweet, vanilla-like flavor have made it a staple of Filipino food culture.<\/p>\n
For Butler, it was a natural anchor for a Philippines-inspired drink that also leans into the tropical, coconut-forward profile of a classic pi\u00f1a colada.<\/p>\n
Butler started with Jamaican rum, and he took a moment to explain why the spirit is unlike most others on the shelf.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamaican rum is known for funk,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s got something to do with esters and the fermentation process. It lasts longer, and that\u2019s actually a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next up, Butler added Hard Truth Hills Toasted Coconut Rum and Hard Truth Hills Toasted Coconut Rum Cream. \u201cYou don\u2019t need a lot of this, because you\u2019ve already got that Jamaican rum,\u201d he said of the coconut rum cream.<\/p>\n
One of the more distinctive components of the Ube Colada is Cota Pandan liqueur \u2014 a product most American drinkers have never encountered. Pandan is a plant native to Southeast Asia, recognizable by its long, vibrant green leaves and its fragrant aroma. Butler described the flavor as a cross between vanilla and toasted coconut. <\/p>\n
He finished by adding pineapple juice, lime juice, orgeat, and a splash of vibrant Ube cold foam.<\/p>\n
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Ube Colada<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a01\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jamaican Rum\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0.5\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hard Truth Hills Toasted Coconut Rum\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0.5\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hard Truth Hills Toasted Coconut Rum Cream\u00a0<\/p>\n
.75\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pandan Liqueur\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a02\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pineapple Juice\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0.5\u00a0oz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lime Juice\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Bsp.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Orgeat\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Top\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ube Cold Foam\u00a0<\/p>\n
Add all the ingredients but the Ube cold foam to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously until well chilled and frothy.\u00a0\u00a0Strain over ice into a\u00a0large rocks\u00a0or\u00a0Collins\u00a0glass.\u00a0\u00a0Top with Ube cold foam.\u00a0\u00a0Garnish with Pandan or pineapple leaves and fresh\u00a0bruleed\u00a0pineapple.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 \u00a0Cinco de Mayo may be over, but the party continued in the \u201cLife.Style.Live!\u201d kitchen as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-222353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}