The Decoy Cocktail
The Decoy Cocktail a.k.a. Duck, Duck, Drink is a smoky scotch cocktail with vanilla and hibiscus that is inspired by a trip to Taco Maria in L.A.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 2 parts Laphroig 10 or 18 year Scotch
- 1 part Rhuby a Philly botanical
- 1 tiny dallop of Vanilla bean paste
- dash of Rhubarb bitters Fee makes one
- Hibiscus flowers in syrup rehydrated dried is an option too
- Ice and a cocktail shaker
Instructions
- Fill a shaker with ice. Add two ounces Scotch and one ounce Rhuby per person to the shaker. Add a dash of bitters per person. Add a dollop of vanilla paste per person. Shake well.
- Place a hibiscus flower in a martini glass or coupe. Pour the drink over the flower. I think this might be my new birthday cocktail.
The hibiscus flower is so gorgeous!
Notes
Want it on the rocks? Nix the vanilla paste and add a splash of vanilla soda water. Can’t find hibiscus flowers? A little pomegranate molasses or even pomegranate juice is the closes substitution in my mind. Can’t find Rhuby? Try another botanical. Yellow chartreuse isn’t the same, but it gives a sense of where I’m going. Hum looks promising, but I haven’t tried it yet.