1 oz Orgeot
.75 oz Lemon Juice
.5 oz Peaty Scotch (Laphroaig 10)
Shake and serve on the rocks with a lemon twist.
Taking a trip to NYC to buy a bottle of Hum is pretty silly. That being said, it is the reason I went there. Tasted a bit of it in New Orleans, liked it and assumed I could find it in Mass. Turns out I'm shit out of luck, so a NYC trip was born.
Hum is an American take on an amaro, so its sweet with a lot of herbs. The cool part is the herbal blend because there is a lot of ginger, cardamom and lime flavors in the mix so its a bit different than what you'd expect out of an amaro. It is a very strong flavor, so you'd either love it or hate it, and I can see it taking over a lot of drinks.
Found this recipe for the Sanctuary off of the Hum site. I decided to try it straight up because I'm not the biggest fan of drinks on the rocks.
Smell on the drink was lemon with a bit of cardamom. Flavor was heavily sweet with cardamom / ginger notes that transitioned into smoke from the Laphroaig. The Lemon Juice came out as a pleasant tartness. Drink was good but very strongly flavored and cloying sweet. Maybe some ice for ice melt would help dilute some of the sugary sweetness, but maybe the recipe just needs to be played with (maybe less hum and more base spirit or less lemon juice). Reminded me of the drinks out of Organic Shaken and Stirred. Good but cloying.
