The Fangorn Forest is a Novel Nightcaps original cocktail that was created as part of a series of The Lord of the Rings recipes made in honor of the release of The Rings of Power, a prequel to the original movie trilogy. The drink was inspired by Treebeard, an Ent who was the oldest of the tree-like characters and a "shepherd of trees" from the original trilogy. As a nod to Treebeard's eccentricity both in origin and dialogue, the cocktail starts with herbal gin and sherry as the base spirits and paired them with black tea, a unique mushroom honey syrup, citrus, and bitters to create a refreshing cooler that represents the ancient peoples of the forest well.
Add gin, sherry, tea, mushroom honey syrup, lemon juice, and bitters to a shaker.
Fill shaker with cubed ice.
Shake for 10-20 seconds.
Fill a highball glass with fresh cracked ice.
Using a Hawthorne strainer, strain into highball glass.
Garnish with baby portobello mushroom slices.