5. Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Old Fashioned
Because baked goods make for fantastic seasonal cocktail inspiration
There’s a number of banana bread cocktail recipes floating around this time of year, but the ones I gravitate toward have rich, realistic banana flavor—often thanks to Tempus Fugit’s Crème de Banane Liqueur.
Tempus Fugit Spirits is a leader in accurately reproducing pre-prohibition era flavors, and their banana liqueur is exquisite. It smells like fresh-baked banana bread, and it tastes as close to a real banana as you can get. Not too sweet, no hints of artificial, candy-like banana flavoring—just earthy, ripe banana.
Pairing it with a few droppers of Portland Bitters Project Dark Cacao Bitters and a dash of walnut bitters gives this easy old fashioned a home-baked flavor that’s as delightful to sip as warm chocolate chip banana bread is to eat.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Old
Fashioned
Ingredients
2 oz rye whiskey
1.5 oz banana liqueur
2 droppers of Portland Bitters Project dark cacao bitters
1 dash walnut bitters
1 bar spoon rich demerara syrup
Method
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
Stir to chill.
Add a large cube to an old fashioned glass and strain the drink over it.
Zest an orange peel over the top and discard it.
Dip a banana slice in sugar or simple syrup and slide it on to a metal cocktail pick.
Brûlée with a kitchen torch and garnish your drink.
