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Cocktail History
The Rosenthal is a modern cocktail that was created by Jon and Lindsay Yeager in Nashville, Tennessee and was first published in their book The Ultimate Guide to Beer Cocktails: 50 Creative Recipes for Combining Beer & Booze. It was based on the Caipirinha and uses a similar template of muddled lime, simple syrup, and cachaça, but this version tops the drink with a strong, malty barleywine ale.
Cocktail Ingredients
To make this cocktail, you’ll need the following ingredients:
Barleywine Ale: This is a type of beer made with English hops, malted barley, yeast, and water. I used Zymurgy Brewing Company Barrel-Aged Talisman 2022 English Barleywine.
Cachaça: This is a type of rum made with sugarcane juice in Brazil. I used Kachaça! Premium Cachaça.
Simple Syrup: This is a sweetener made with white sugar and water. I made mine using this stovetop recipe.
Lime: This is a round, green, and sour citrus fruit.
Lime Slice: This is a lime slice that has been cut into a half wheel shape.
Bartending Tools
To make this cocktail, you’ll need the following bar tools:
Jigger: This is used to measure and pour ingredients. I used the Japanese jigger from the A Bar Above 14-Piece Silver Bar Set.
Paring Knife: This is used to cut ingredients. I used the OXO Good Grips 3.5 Inch Paring Knife.
Muddler: This is used to muddle ingredients. I used the HQY Stainless Steel Cocktail Muddler.
Boston Shaker: This is used to shake ingredients. I used the Boston shaker from the A Bar Above 14-Piece Silver Bar Set.
Hawthorne Strainer: This is used to strain out ice and solid ingredients after the cocktail is shaken. I used the A Bar Above Hawthorne Strainer.
Bottle Opener: This is used to open bottles. I used the OXO Steel Bottle Opener.
Tasting Notes
This cocktail has the following flavor profile:
• Appearance: Pale yellow and brown with an ombré effect
• Aroma: Tropical cachaça and citrus
• Taste: Fairly light-bodied flavor of the funky spirit and tangy lime with an underlying depth from the ale
• Finish: Malty beer with a twinge of more citrus
Kendall’s Take: “This is the most wonderfully weird variation of a Caipirinha yet. Its wildcard ingredient is a barleywine ale, which I had never tried before this tasting and got lucky by having access to a limited edition bottle from a local brewery. Wow, is it interesting… It does mostly taste like a Caipirinha with a strong hit of the barleywine ale, but the mixture works quite well. I would try The Rosenthal again sometime… if I could drink beer, that is!”
Recipe
This cocktail recipe was adapted from The Ultimate Guide to Beer Cocktails: 50 Creative Recipes for Combining Beer & Booze by Jon and Lindsay Yeager.
The Rosenthal
Description
The Rosenthal is a modern cocktail that was created by Jon and Lindsay Yeager in Nashville, Tennessee and was first published in their book The Ultimate Guide to Beer Cocktails: 50 Creative Recipes for Combining Beer & Booze. It was based on the Caipirinha and uses a similar template of muddled lime, simple syrup, and cachaça, but this version tops the drink with a strong, malty barleywine ale.
Ingredients
Method
Cut lime into three slices.
Add lime slices pulp side up to a shaker.
Using a muddler, gently muddle lime slices for 5-7 seconds.
Add cachaça and simple syrup to shaker.
Fill shaker with cubed ice.
Shake for 10-20 seconds.
Add fresh cracked ice to a lowball glass.
Using a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer, strain into lowball glass.
Top with barleywine ale.
Garnish with lime slice.
