'Ere the Sun Rises

Cocktail by Elijah Burgess

Ingredients:

2oz Deep Eddy Ruby red Grapefruit Vodka

2oz Blood orange soda

1 oz Mango puree

1/2oz blood orange juice

1 sprig rosemary

Preparation:

Add 1 Deep Eddy, mango puree, blood orange juice to a shaker and add sprig of rosemary with ice and shake. Strain into double old fashioned glass with ice and top with blood orange soda

Garnish:

1 sprig rosemary, 1 bloodorange wheel

Glassware:

Double Old Fashioned glass

Cocktail Inspiration:

The ruby red made me think of a red sun which lead to Theoden’s speech in Lord of the Rings before the Battle of Pelenor fields. Hence the name. I wanted something to capture the spirit of the red day with the earthiness of the Rohirrim.