This chic downtown bar HighWire Lounge is mostly known for its flavor tripping berries and a deconstructed prickly pear margarita with "caviar bubble drops." But here's something you can make at home ...
The Bearded Lady is bartender John Hardin's take on the classic drink, the Manhattan. For a local touch, he adds a simple syrup spiked with chiltepin peppers. The result is a little citrus, a little spice and an embrace of sweet cherry juice to round it out. The ideal drink to slip us all into fall weather ...
HighWire's The Bearded Lady
- 3 Bada Bing Cherries (available at Rumrunner, $8.99 for a jar)
- 2 orange slices
- ice
- 2 ounces Dickel Rye Whisky
- 1/2 once sweet vermouth
- 1/2 ounce chiltepin simple syrup (Boil sugar, water and chiltepin chiles until it reduces. Then strain.)
In a pint glass, muddle two wine soaked cherries and one orange slice with a handful of ice. Add remaining ingredients, another handful of ice and pour into shaker.
Place a ball or cube of ice into a rocks glass and garnish it with remaining cherry and orange slice. Shake vigorously and strain into glass.
