I was in Cask the other day and noticed a bottle of something called Root based on a root beer recipe. I was tempted, but then dismissed it as probably being something nasty and artificial. I obviously forgot that I was in Cask and not BevMo because if Cask had it, it was probably worth checking out. When I got home I looked it up and was immediately intrigued enough to go back and buy a bottle. It turns out that Root is an organic liqueur based on an alcoholic pre-prohibition “root tea” recipe, which eventually spawned the nonalcoholic root beer as we know it today (yeah, I know, go figure). I could waste time writing about it or, I could go mix myself up a Root cocktail and you could watch this video instead.
I based the following cocktail on my favorite Heaven’s Dog Agricole Rum Punch. I used Root instead of the Allspice Dram and increased the quantity. I added a homemade vanilla syrup to the sugar cane syrup because root beer and vanilla…well, you know.
Root Ti’ Swizzle
- .5 oz Root
- 1.5 oz La Favorite Rhum Agricole Ambre
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- .5 oz Martinique sugar cane syrup
- .5 oz homemade vanilla syrup (rich simple syrup infused with Tahitian vanilla beans)
Combine ingredients in a 12 oz highball or double Old Fashioned glass. Add crushed ice to top and swizzle thoroughly until well mixed and chilled. Garnish with a lime wedge.