Archer's Horatio Cornblower | How to Drink

The greatest spy of all time is without question Archer, and this drink inspired by one of his creations is the best I've ever had!

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Archer has been around for quite a few years now, so it's kinda weird that I haven't done anything inspired by it until now. But that's just it really, I've gotta be inspired and here's a case where we had a perfect storm of sorts: An absurdly named drink invented by Sterling Archer, an novel and appropriate ingredient I'd never seen before, a bottle of Mellow Corn Whiskey...

In the episode Sea Tunt Part 1 (S4E12) the crew is headed to the bottom of the ocean to recover a lost hydrogen bomb, on the way (in a ridiculously luxurious helicopter) Sterling helps himself to the bar, mixing drink after drink. Eventually, as ingredients run low, he comes up with something he calls the Horatio Cornblower. It's intended to be a nod to the Hairy Navel, but Archer didn't really have the right ingredients for that either, so I'm taking it as an inspirational jumping off point.

I've gone to Bar Convent Brooklyn two years now, and last year I had the pleasure of meeting Sung-Joon Koo, a bartender from Dallas Texas who made a drink for me that utilized a syrup made from Corn Silk Tea. I'd never even heard of corn silk tea, so it was a brand new thing for me. The results were truly amazing! I took that corn silk tea and use it as the basis for this Horatio Cornblower.

Horatio Cornblower
1 oz. -or- 30 ml. Corn Silk Syrup
.25 oz. -or- 7 ml. Orchard Peach Liqueur
2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Mellow Corn Whiskey
1 dash 20% Saline Solution
Stir over ice
pour into a coupe
garnish with an orange twist

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In a pot bring 1.5 cups of water to boil
steep 4 tea bags until dark, 3 minutes
remove tea bags
Add 3 cups demerara sugar
boil till dissolved
bottle it and use.

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