Our monthly cocktail terpene recipe is here! Today, we’re back with our friends from socialweed.co (IG @socialweed.co).
The cocktail artist Limão (IG @o_limaaoo) is back to surprise is with their delicious recipe nicknamed “Critical Highball Jack”, an intense, delicious drink with a hint of Critical Jack terpenes (cannabis aromas).
This terpene profile provides intense citric and Skunk hints that combine perfectly with the rest of ingredients. Discover our tasting results at the end of the recipe.
Plus, if possible the final touch to this recipe are cherry flowers, which give it a lightly sweet and floral aroma. These beautiful cherry flowers, known as Sakura in Japan, are a symbol of spring, as well as rebirth and hope.
Enjoy this exotic mixture of flavors and aromas!
Cannabis-Flavored Cocktails: Critical Highball Jack by Socialweed.co, Limão and Cali Terpenes
Next, we’re going to go over all of the necessary ingredients in order to make this surprising recipe. The hardest ingredient to find are the cherry flowers, which are used as decoration and for their aromatic properties. They’re easiest to find during the springtime.
Ingredients
- 100ml whisky
- 100ml milk
- ½ lime juice
- Soda
- Cricital Jack Terpenes (Critical Jack food-grade aromas or your favorite strain, we recommend citric strains such as Gipsy Haze, available in special drink format.)
- *Cherry flower branches. Although it’s not always possible to get them, they give the recipe an amazing aesthetic look as well as a spectacular final aroma.
Video Tutorial
Enjoy this amazing video of the recipe created by @marcelfavery.
Prep
- Glassware: Long glass (Highball – Tumbler)
- Ice: Yes
- Garnish: Cherry flowers
Critical Highball Jack, step by step
This simple recipe has two main steps; preparing the pre-mixture and then making the cocktail. Makes enough for two servings.
Batch prep
- Add 100ml of milk to your mixing container.
- Add in 100ml whisky.
- As a final touch, add in two drops of Critical Jack terpenes.
- Mix until well blended; once done, the mixture is ready.
Drink prep
- Add two large ice cubes to your long glass and move around in order to cool it down.
- Pour in 100ml of your mixture.
- Fill the remainder of the glass with soda.
- Decorate using cherry flowers.
Tasting
The idea behing Critical Highball Jack is to enjoy a truly spectacular drink, which has an aroma and flavor that combine multiple flavors and aromas in perfect harmony.
This recipe has a complex combination of sour, intense flavors and aromas which come from whisky, then refreshing and citric aromas from the terpenes, creamy hints from the milk, and flowery aromas from the cherry; an absolute delight for the taste buds.
Main terpenes in Critical Jack: Terpinolene, d-Limonene, Myrcene, Caryophyllene, beta-Pinene, alpha-Pinene, d-3-Careno, Linalool, p-Cymene, alpha-Terpineol, alpha-Terpinene.
What did you think of this recipe? Leave a comment below with your thoughts or questions.
Until next time!
Cali Terpenes
