DIY Allspice Liqueur and Allspice Old Fashioned
 
 
Ingredients
  • For the Allspice Liqueur:
  • Ingredients:
  • 1½ cup water
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup whole allspice berries
  • 1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 cup light rum
  • For the Allspice Old Fashioned:
  • 1 ½ ounces bourbon
  • ½ ounce Allspice Liqueur
  • ½ ounce Licor 43
  • 1 orange twist
  • 1 cherry
Instructions
  1. For the Allspice Liqueur:
  2. Heat water and sugar on medium until boiling, stirring to dissolve, about 5 minutes. Let the syrup cool,
  3. Crush the allspice berries in a mortar and pestle or grind them in a spice grinder. You want coarse, large pieces and not a fine grind.
  4. Place the crushed allspice, vanilla bean and cinnamon stick in a sealable glass jar and pour the rum on top. Seal the jar and shake well. Add the cooled brown sugar syrup to the jar and let the mixture steep for 2 weeks, shaking daily.
  5. Strain out the solids through a fine-mesh strainer; then strain again through a coffee filter into your final bottle or jar.
  6. For the Allspice Old Fashioned:
  7. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine Bourbon, Allspice Liqueur, and Licor 43. Shake well and strain into tub glass filled with fresh ice.
  8. Squeeze the orange twist over the glass to release some of the orange’s oils into the cocktail. Garnish drink with the orange twist and cherry and serve immediately.
Recipe by Allons-Eat! at https://www.allonseat.com/diy-allspice-liqueur-and-allspice-old-fashioned/