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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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