White Dragon is a cocktail by Amir Babayoff, Bar Director at New York City’s rooftop cocktail lounge, Ophelia. Blending sweetness and spice, with refreshing notes from the citrus, the White Dragon is a revitalizing cocktail.
“As I continue to explore the themes and motifs suggested by Shakespeare’s Hamlet of good versus evil, life versus death, and the paradoxes those hold, I wanted to create a whiskey drink that is not as bright as some of the spring and summer drinks we are familiar with. I was inspired by a Whiskey Smash but wanted to create a more complex, layered, and maybe even a bit darker in its core version,” said Babayoff.
White Dragon
Ingredients
• 1.5 oz St. George Baller single malt
• .5 oz Akashi Ume Japanese whiskey
• .5 oz St. Germain
• .5 oz Hakuryu Umeshu liqueur
• .25 oz Ramazzotti amaro
• .5 oz Vanilla syrup
• 1 oz lemon/lime/Yuzu mix (equal amounts)
• 1 Egg white
Method
• Add all ingredients into a shaker, dry shake for 15 seconds, add ¾ ice, shake & double strain into a coupe glass, and add garnish.
Garnish
• Sweet Chai mix & white Orchid flower
Glass
• Coupe