Josh Ibañez’s Long Story Short
Photo: Justin Alford
A gin cocktail that sips like a Martini on a tropical vacay.
Josh Ibañez first experimented with this recipe in Houston with his managers at the time, Terry Williams and 2018 Imbibe Bartender of the Year Alex Negranza, looking for a cocktail that sipped like a Martini but skewed tropical. These days, Ibañez mixes the cocktail at at Rumba in Seattle, combining gin and Cocchi with rhum agricole and passion fruit.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. London dry gin
- 1 oz. rhum agricole blanc (Ibañez uses Rhum JM Blanc 100)
- 1/2 oz. Cocchi Aperitivo Americano
- 1/4 oz. passion fruit liqueur (such as Giffard)
- 1 barspoon passion fruit syrup
- Tools:barspoon, strainer
- Glass:Nick & Nora
- Garnish:dehydrated lemon wheel
Preparation
Stir all of the ingredients with ice, then strain into a chilled glass and garnish.