Hightail Out


Hightail Out
1 oz. Light Rum
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
½ oz. Lemon Juice
½ oz. Grapefruit Juice
½ oz. Simple Syrup
½ oz. Cinnamon Syrup
2 dashes Mole Bitters
2 oz. Bubbly Water

Shake everything (except the sparkling water) with ice. Strain into an ice-filled glass and top with sparkling water. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a wheel or twist of lemon or grapefruit.

Adjectives: Bright, lemonade, delightful 

Have you seen the 2018 HBO documentary Diego Maradona (RIP)? It is quite good, and skinny, not-coked-out-yet Maradona looks a lot like Che Guevara with (probably) similar politics. As a sports-obsessed youngster in the '80s, I should have known a lot more about Maradona than I did, but I was (am) a hick and saw my first soccer game during the '94 World Cup, so I only know about him as a pudgy punchline. But, damn, he was the truth. Check out Brian Phillips' Ringer article from 2018 for a much better vibe than I'm going to be able to provide on this count. 

Hightail Out is a wonderful drink, and my only regret is that I made it in early December when it's more of a midsummer patio refresher. We didn't have any grapefruit juice, so I subbed in fresh-squeezed clementine juice and left out the simple syrup. I can't imagine that the original recipe tasted any better. Enjoy!

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