Cocktail & Other Recipes By Spirit Vodka Cocktails

Rich Table

Written by
Morgan Schick
Updated 11/25/19

This cocktail by Morgan Schick, the creative director of San Francisco’s Bon Vivants and Trick Dog, uses infused salt as a garnish.

This recipe originally appeared as part of “Infused Salts Are the Next Big Cocktail Ingredients.”

Ingredients

Steps

  1. Rim a highball glass with pinot noir sea salt.

  2. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.

  3. Strain into a highball over fresh ice.

  4. Top with club soda.

  5. *Doug fir vodka: Add 16 oz Absolut Elyx vodka and 15 g fir tips into container and blend well. Let sit for 2 days. Strain through coffee filter.

  6. **Shiso-avocado syrup: Roast 2 avocado pits at 200 degrees F until shells start to dry out. Let cool, peel and chop into quarters. In a pot, toast pits along with 3/4 oz black peppercorns. Add 14 oz white sugar and 14 oz water, bring to a boil, then let simmer. Add 1/3 oz red shiso leaves and remove from heat. Steep for 30 minutes and strain.