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The Story Behind The Honey Fig

With honey-rosemary syrup, spruce-infused verjus, and Figenza vodka, the aptly named Honey Fig dishes up the advanced flavors of figs with a woodsy, herbaceous burst to easy over the sweetness.

The Honey Fig comes from the thoughts of Dan Danovsky, foraging fanatic and founding father of Wild Spirit Consulting. “I used to be trying to introduce foraged flavors to a cocktail whereas retaining it straightforward sufficient to include in a excessive quantity bar program,” Danovsky says. “I had nice success infusing spruce in verjus, giving it a grapefruit adjoining taste. The fig vodka really got here to be an ingredient I used to assist cut back extra stock on the bar, but it surely labored out fantastically.”

Among the best elements concerning the Honey Fig is how easy its recipe is to recollect, because it follows the identical ingredient ratios one would use to make a basic Daiquiri or Gimlet. It needs to be famous that the spruce needle verjus requires a seven-day infusion; it’s not labor-intensive, however simply calls for a little bit of foresight and endurance.