Name: The Rosenthal
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 3 fl oz Barleywine Ale; 2 fl oz Cachaça; 0.75 fl oz Simple Syrup (Click for Recipe); 1 Lime; 1 Lime Slice

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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 malted barley, hops, water, and yeast, which are brewed and fermented to develop a rich, malty, high-alcohol flavor.

Cachaça: This is a spirit made in Brazil with fresh sugarcane juice and yeast, which are fermented and then distilled to develop a grassy, slightly funky flavor.

Simple Syrup: This is a sweetener made with white sugar and water, which are heated into a syrup with a sweet flavor.

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.

Brands I Used

Bartending Tools

To make this cocktail, you’ll need the following bar tools:

Bar Mat: This is a rubber or silicone mat that’s placed on the bar surface and used for catching spills, providing grip for glasses and tools, and keeping the workspace clean and organized.

Jigger: This is a small double-sided tool with different volume measurements on each side that’s used for accurately portioning ingredients.

Boston Shaker: This is a two-piece cocktail shaker made with a large metal tin and a second tin or mixing glass that’s used for shaking and chilling cocktail ingredients.

Hawthorne Strainer: This is a flat metal strainer with a handle and a coiled spring around the edge that’s used for straining shaken cocktails from a shaker while holding back ice and solids.

Fine Mesh Strainer: This is a mesh metal strainer with a tightly woven bowl and handle that’s used for straining out small ice shards and other solids while pouring cocktails from a shaker or mixing glass.

Cutting Board: This is a flat, durable kitchen surface made from materials like wood or plastic that’s used for slicing ingredients and preparing garnishes.

Paring Knife: This is a small kitchen knife with a narrow, sharp blade that’s used for peeling fruit and trimming garnishes.

Muddler: This is a handheld bar tool with a thick handle and flat or textured end that’s used for crushing ingredients to release their flavors.

Bottle Opener: This is a handheld tool that’s used for removing caps, corks, or seals from bottles.

Lowball Glass: This is a short, wide glass with a thick base that’s used for serving cocktails with ice or spirits neat.

Tools I Used

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!”