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Falernum cocktails

Spiced with clove, almond, and lime, falernum is the backbone of tiki's most layered drinks — lending the Zombie its dark complexity and grounding the herbal exuberance of a Chartreuse Swizzle.

4 classic recipes from our canon that use falernum — Falernum sits in our syrups & sweeteners shelf.

Zombie cocktail

Zombie

✦ Proven classicChallengingHighball

Three rums, falernum and citrus with a hidden kick — the most notorious tiki drink of them all.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml dark rum
  • 45 ml white rum
  • 30 ml spiced rum
  • 20 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml falernum
  • 10 ml grapefruit juice
  • 5 ml cinnamon syrup
  • 5 ml grenadine
  • 1 dash angostura bitters
  • 6 drops absinthe

Three Dots and a Dash cocktail

Three Dots and a Dash

✦ Proven classicMediumHighball

Aged and agricole rum with falernum, allspice and citrus — Morse code for 'victory'.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml white rum
  • 15 ml dark rum
  • 7 ml falernum
  • 7 ml allspice dram
  • 15 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml orange juice
  • 15 ml honey syrup
  • 2 dashes angostura bitters

Chartreuse Swizzle cocktail

Chartreuse Swizzle

✦ Proven classicMediumHighball

Green Chartreuse swizzled with pineapple, lime and falernum — herbal, tropical and frosty.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml green chartreuse
  • 30 ml pineapple juice
  • 22 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml falernum

Illegal cocktail

Illegal

✦ Proven classicMediumCoupe

Mezcal and overproof rum with falernum and lime — smoky, tart and built to bite.


Ingredients

  • 30 ml mezcal
  • 15 ml white rum
  • 15 ml falernum
  • 1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
  • 22 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml simple syrup
  • few drops egg white

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