How to Make a Leaf Peeper
BARTENDER Magazine’s Recommended Spirit: Bulleit Rye
1. Prepare a pepita orgeat by blending toasted pumpkin seeds with water and sugar, then straining to create a smooth, nutty syrup.
2. Prepare a flavor infusion using pasilla chile, cacao, and a food-safe, professionally prepared plum-kernel flavoring.
3. Combine Bulleit Rye, pepita orgeat, the prepared infusion, and freshly squeezed lemon juice in a mixing container.
3. Slowly pour the cocktail mixture into oat milk, allowing the ingredients to interact and begin the clarification process.
3. Allow the mixture to rest, then carefully strain through a fine filter or coffee filter until the liquid is as clear as possible. Oat milk may require a specialized clarification method because it does not reliably separate like dairy milk.
3. Refrigerate the clarified cocktail until thoroughly chilled.
3. Pour into a chilled rocks glass over a large ice cube and serve.
