Message In A Bottle

Hints of sweet buttery rum and dessert wine goodness are the hallmarks of this mystery message from the sea.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Pyrat XO Reserve Rum
  • 1/2 oz Gutierrez Colosia, Pedro Ximenez Sherry
  • 1/2 oz Essensia Muscat Orange Dessert Wine
  • 1 oz Butter Syrup*

Add all ingredients in a shaker and fill with ice.  Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and strain into a vessel that is suitable for transferring the contents into a small serving bottle.

Put the bottle in a large cup that you can fill with crushed ice.  Sprinkle cocoa powder over the ice.  Garnish with an orange peel wrapped in a “C” around a dark cherry, doubled & skewered.  You can drink straight form the bottle or pour it in the cup of ice.

*Butter Syrup:  Combine 1/4 cup of butter, 1/3 cup of sugar, and two chopped vanilla bean pods in 1/2 cup of boiled water.  Strain into a bottle and save for future use.

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