Inspired by that seminal/semenal peach scene in ‘Call Me By Your Name’ this is an off-the-cuff cocktail I crafted in honor of tonight’s Oscar ceremony. It’s a little rough and raw, somewhat sweet and juicy as all-get-out. I took a good amount of peach vodka, some ginger liqueur, some peach nectar and a healthy splash of peach bitters, and mixed them with lots of ice. You really want to get in there and shake it up good. Keep going even when you think it’s done. You want everything to come together in one brilliant peachy explosion.
Only strain out the ice – you want this one to be messy and murky, as if a peach had been pulverized in riotously unseemly ways. Find a pretty receptacle, add a willing cherry – the darkest and richest you can find – and let the juice plop in on top of it. Voila – the Decimated Peach.
Now swallow.
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