At my dwelling bar, there’s just one bottle actually worthy of the title “secret weapon.” To earn the moniker, an ingredient should be capable of simply enhance a wide range of cocktails—particularly if its addition is sudden. Leopold Bros.’ Bitter Lime Cordial ticks these containers after which some.
From some of the thrilling distillers within the nation, this 80-proof liqueur reads extra like an eau de vie, due to its depth of taste and aroma. Persian limes sourced from the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, drive the style, whereas a small measure of cane sugar is offset by lactic acid for a tart end. It’s scrumptious by itself—even simply smelling it’s a deal with—but it surely shines particularly shiny in cocktails alongside, and even in lieu of, recent lime juice.
One in all my favourite purposes up to now is in a Gimlet, the place a quarter-ounce of the cordial brings aromatic, floral notes—the sort you’d get from lime peel oils—and further physique to the acquainted template. It’s like if Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice had been 40 % ABV, and really good.
This isn’t a kind of bottles that sit on the bar cart gathering mud, solely often being disbursed by sprint. A half-ounce also can punch up a G&T, add some acidity to a Negroni, brighten up a beer or perhaps a Spindrift (severely). The probabilities are restricted solely by your creativeness.
