Stargazing with Galileo by Lindsay Jones

A box like this makes me want to do a little stargazing. Won’t you come with me? Let’s head to a remote northeastern town on the cold banks of Nova Scotia, where I hear the stars appear en masse. Lindsay Jones, an award winning and celebrated spirits personality, who was Halifax’s Bartender of the Year in 2018, is at the helm of this journey. Her “Stargazing with Galileo” is a delicious coffee, bourbon and amaro treat to peak the senses and stir the imagination.

I'm having coffee with friends

The brown-buttered coffee is particularly inspiring and delicious. “Fat washing” liquids with any sort of fat will impart a rich flavor and texture to the end product, and butter is a common source. It is usually achieved by liquefying the fat over heat and infusing it with the target liquid, which is usually a spirit, such as bourbon, chilling overnight, and straining out the fat solids the next day. In this case, browned butter is infused into strong dark coffee. The result is, as you might expect, a richer, buttery coffee, with a flavor that shines through even with the addition of the other spirits in the cocktail. Try it for yourself and don’t be surprised if you end up a little star struck. Cheers!

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use – Galileo Galilei, 1615

A pair of star crossed lovers

Stargazing with Galileo by Lindsay Jones

1 ½ oz bourbon

1 oz brown-buttered coffee

½ oz Campari

¼ oz Fernet-Branca

¼ oz simple syrup

Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a favorite glass.