To start out fall I thought I'd try and create a chocolate and bourbon cocktail. I've always enjoyed the flavor combination, so I thought I would try to work it into a drink. The heavier lemon portion actually helped carry through chocolate with the bourbon while preventing the drink from becoming cloying and over sweet.
For the drink:
-1 1/2 oz bourbon (Woodford Reserve Straight Bourbon)
-1/3 oz creme de cacao (Tempus Fugit)
-1/3 oz chile liqueur (Ancho Reyes)
-2/3 oz fresh lemon juice
-1/4 oz simple syrup
-1 dash brown butter tincture
Garnish:
Lemon peel
Chocolate
Glassware:
Coupe
Add the drink ingredients and ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake for 10 seconds and strain through a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer into your glass. Garnish.