Beverages › Brock & Stormy

Recommended Cocktail Glass:  Highball

For the Ginger Beer

• 3" piece fresh ginger (or a couple of knobs; enough when juiced to yield 1 oz ginger juice)
• 2 oz simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water)
• 2½ oz fresh lemon juice, finely strained
• 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
• 8 oz cold water
• single charge of CO₂

For the Brock & Stormy Cocktail

• 1½ oz spiced rum (Sailor Jerry)
• ¾ oz Benedictine liqueur
• ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
• 2-3 dashes Angostura or Bittermens Tiki Bitters*

Special Equipment

• juicer
• ½-1 liter soda siphon, chilled
• CO₂ canister

*Bittermens Tiki Bitters is not yet commercially available as of February 2009

Make the Ginger Beer

1. Peel about a 3" piece of fresh ginger.  Run through a juicer to make fresh ginger juice.  You will need approximately 1 oz of ginger juice
2. Add 2 oz simple syrup, 2½ oz fresh lemon juice (finely strained), 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters, and 8 oz cold water
3. Pour mixture into a chilled soda siphon and screw top on tightly
4. Use a single charge from a CO2 canister; you can hear the gas get inserted into the canister. Then discard the charge and refrigerate the Ginger Beer for about 1 hour

Make the Brock & Stormy

1. While holding the soda siphon level, fill a glass halfway with the chilled Ginger Beer
2. Add 1½ oz spiced rum (Sailor Jerry), ¾ oz Benedictine liqueur, ¾ oz fresh lemon juice, and 2-3 dashes Angostura or Bittermens Tiki Bitters
3. Fill with ice, give it a roll, add a tall straw and serve