Sean Enright from Tiki Lounge in Pittsburgh, USA, explores the darker sides of faux tropical with a multi-layered, bourbon-beer tiki twist. 美國匹茨堡Tiki Lounge的Sean Enright用一款層次豐富的波本-啤酒改編發掘出提基在熱帶風情之外的黑暗一面。

這個名字源于從前我和朋友們的一次嘗試：找個詞形容一群身著哥特式風格服裝的女孩。我覺得謀殺案——就像是那部電影《烏鴉謀殺案》一樣——這個詞恰如其分。幾年后，我在制作這款雞尾酒時發現這個名字很搭。它有點甜，有點苦，同時呈現出非常黑暗的形象。

我最初就想突破提基的定義，并且使用波本威士忌作為基酒。其他一切則是水到渠成，最終造就了一款偏離傳統的提基雞尾酒。盡管如此，我感覺它的風味構成仍然屬于提基的范疇。我加入了杏仁糖漿和苦精，把它做成一款老式風格的雞尾酒，然后添加了一些水果以實現我想要的熱帶風味。我添加了Don’s混合糖漿，里面有一些水果和提基香料——配方來自Jeff “Beachbum” Berry所著的《加勒比之飲》。杏仁糖漿與Don’s混合糖漿的醇厚口感與波本威士忌平衡，而雅凡娜、苦精和健力士的苦味則很好地中和了糖漿的甘甜。雅凡娜和健力士的甜味相得益彰，非常適合用于調酒，同時為這款雞尾酒增添了一絲宜人的苦味，又沒有喧賓奪主。分層是在我第一次試驗后加入的。這款酒本來在視覺上很不起眼，不過經原料分層之后，原本毫無驚艷視覺效果的雞尾酒頓時變成了一款賞心悅目的杰作。

每每遇到調酒師新手，我都會向他們灌輸經典雞尾酒的重要性。在他們開始嘗試調酒或創新之前，我怎么強調這些經典之作的重要性都不為過。哥特妞謀殺案是基于老式雞尾酒的一款提基改編，我只不過在其中添加了更多的風味層次。經典之所以成為經典自有其原因，年輕調酒師把經典當作模板可以有機會更好地了解平衡與技法。

The name is derived from an old attempt among friends to categorise a group of girls dressed in goth clothing. I thought a murder – like a murder of crows – was the most appropriate. Years later, I found the name befitting of this drink. It has a little sweetness, and a little bitterness and a very dark persona.

I wanted to push the definition of tiki right from the start and used bourbon as my base. Everything else just fell into place, veering it away from traditional tiki. Still, I feel the flavour components are within the category. I added orgeat and bitters to move into an Old Fashioned-type drink, but then wanted some fruit to bring on the tropical notes I was looking for. I added Don’s Mix for some fruit and tiki spice – the recipe comes from Jeff “Beachbum” Berry’s bookPotions of the Caribbean. The orgeat and Don’s Mix mellow out the bourbon, while the Averna, bitters and Guinness have the bitter notes to balance out the sweetness of the syrups. Averna and Guinness have a complementary sweetness that makes them really easy to work with, both bringing a nice bitter addition to the drink without overpowering the flavour. The layering came after I did my first test run. Visually the drink was lacking, but with the layering of ingredients, it went from a lacklustre visual to a beautifully prepared masterpiece.

I’m always preaching the classics to new bartenders. I can’t impress on them enough the importance of knowing them before they start playing around or experimenting. A Murder of Goth Chicks started out as a tiki redesign of an Old Fashioned that I just layered more flavours onto. The classics are classic for a reason and using them as a template gives young bartenders an opportunity to better understand balance and technique.

A Murder of Goth Chicks / 哥特妞謀殺案

• 45ml 波本威士忌
• 22.5ml 雅凡娜阿瑪羅
• 22.5ml Don’s混合糖漿*
• 7.5ml 杏仁糖漿
• 6滴 比特曼 Elemakule提基苦精
• 健力士漂浮

將阿瑪羅倒入洛克杯。然后小心加入一大塊方冰，注意不要將阿瑪羅濺起。將除健力士之外的所有原料加冰搖勻，緩緩雙重濾入加了冰塊的杯子里。最后加一層健力士漂浮，啤酒龍頭要盡量靠近冰塊。

*Don’s混合糖漿：2份西柚汁加1份肉桂單糖漿。**倒入密封容器冷藏備用。

**肉桂單糖漿：200克糖，240毫升水；2英寸長的肉桂皮。將所有原料全部放入平底鍋。小火加熱5分鐘。靜置一夜后過濾。倒入密封容器冷藏備用。

• 45ml Bourbon
• 22.5ml Averna amaro
• 22.5ml Don’s Mix*
• 7.5ml Orgeat syrup
• 6ds Bittermens Elemakule Tiki bitters
• Guinness float

Pour amaro into a rocks glass. Then carefully add one large ice cube without disturbing the amaro. Shake other ingredients except Guinness over ice and double-strain slowly over the ice cube. Float the Guinness on top with a spigot as close to the ice cube as possible.

*Don’s Mix by Don the Beachcomber: Combine 2 parts grapefruit juice with 1 part cinnamon simple syrup.** Refrigerate in an airtight container until ready to use.

**Cinnamon simple syrup: 200g sugar; 240ml water; 2-inch piece of cinnamon bark. Combine ingredients in saucepan. Set over low heat for 5 minutes. Let stand overnight and then strain. Refrigerate in an airtight container until ready to use.