mother's medicine

1 1/2 oz Jack Daniel's Rye (Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz Cynar
3/4 oz Pineapple Syrup
3/4 oz Lemon Juice

Shake with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with a mint sprig. Two Tuesdays, I was perusing my to-make list and spotted a recipe that I reserved for when I had more pineapple syrup – namely, the Mother's Medicine. The drink was created by Amber Carregal at Willa's in Tampa that she made for her dad, and it was posted on the Alcohol Professor site in an article about Father's Day cocktails. Pineapple syrup and Cynar have worked well together in the Surfing Valhalla, Tres Piñas, and other drinks, so I was eager to try a rye variation of that theme. In the glass, the Mother's Medicine began with mint over rye and lemon aromas. Next, lemon and caramel notes on the sip blossomed into rye, bitter herbal, and pineapple flavors on the swallow.