The Mellow Pajottenland (The Tilquin Build)

Barrel Cocktails · Lambics and Whiskey The Mellow Pajottenland
(The Tilquin Build)
A rich, contemplative, and velvety variation of the lambic sour, built around softer lactic acidity and integrated barrel characteristics.
Build
  • 1.5 ozColonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bourbon (100-proof, Bottled-in-Bond)
  • 1.5 ozMatured Tilquin Kriek (a blend of Boon, Lindemans, Girardin, and Cantillon lambics)
  • 1 barspoonThin Homemade Utopias-Infused Cherry Liquid
Glassware

Smooth, stemmed crystal coupe, ice-water chilled.

Method
  1. Chill the Coupe Prep your smooth coupe with an ice-water bath.
  2. Chill the Base In a separate mixing glass, combine the Taylor bourbon and the Utopias liquid. Add maximum ice and stir for 15 seconds.
  3. Fold in the Kriek Fold in the Tilquin Kriek at the very end with one gentle stir.
  4. Strain Dump the ice-water from the coupe, snap it dry, and strain neat.
Unlike the snappy 3F variant, this build is smooth and integrated — Tilquin's blended, multi-year sourness rounds out against the Taylor's vanilla and corn sweetness like a fine vintage port.
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