About

A variation of a Vodka Rickey
The Rockin' Fogo is made from locally foraged spruce, picked by our staff who risked their lives amongst herding caribou on the magical Island of Fogo!

Served at

Fogo Island Inn, Fogo Island, End of the Flat Earth, Newfoundland, Canada

Ingredients

Vodka
Spruce
Lemon
Peppermint Tea Syrup
Perrier Water

Directions

For the Spruce Vodka:
- Spruce buds freshly picked during spring
- Iceberg Vodka

- Chill the Vodka in the freezer, bag it with the spruce "sous-vide" and sealed
- Warm the Vodka-Spruce Bag for 20 minutes in a 70C/160F bain-marie
- Let it cool down to room temperature
- Strain and filter it

The peppermint tea syrup is a 1/1 ratio simple syrup but infused with peppermint tea

For the Rockin' Fogo:

Shake:
2 oz Spruce Vodka
1 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Peppermint Tea Syrup

Top up with Perrier Water

Garnish with a spruce bud and half a lemon, as seen on the picture