maelstrom

1 oz Cachaça (Novo Fogo Bar Strength)
1 oz Jägermeister
1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup
1/2 oz Lime Juice

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe. While practicing my "Minimalist Amaro Talk" two Thursdays ago, I was inspired by Sother Teague's Rough Seas, and I took its cachaça-Jägermeister base and partnered it with the pineapple, cinnamon, and lime of Death & Co.'s Gilda Cocktail. Getting influence from the Rough Seas' name and keeping a German theme with the kräuterlikör, I dubbed this one the Maelstrom. In the glass, the Maelstrom swirled to the nose with a grassy funk, pineapple, star anise, and cinnamon aroma. Next, caramel, pineapple, and lime notes on the sip crashed into grassy "rum", cinnamon, herbal, ginger, and pineapple flavors on the swallow.