The Wandering Path

This is one my business partner, Benjamin Amberg, came up with for our menu at Pacific Standard last year – and boy is it a good one. It uses my absolute favorite nonalcoholic spirit, The Pathfinder (this is not an ad, I'm just a fan)

Pathfinder is a hemp-based non-alcoholic spirit that drinks more like an amaro or a dark, spiced rum than your typical N/A spirits. I’ve found a lot of those N/A spirits to really get lost when you try to mix them into a cocktail. A lot of them read more like delicately flavored water than a true non-alcoholic spirit to me, and adding anything else to them just buries the flavor and I’m left wondering why I spent $35 on something that isn’t contributing to the cocktail whatsoever.

You can look at your specialty shops for The Pathfinder, or you can pick up a bottle from their website. Again, this drink is zero proof but if that’s not your thing I can attest to the fact that this recipe works quite well with alcoholic amari as well.

Big thanks to Jordan Hughes over at High Proof Preacher for shooting and editing this gorgeous video: https://www.highproofpreacher.com/

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Recipe:

2 oz/60 ml Pathfinder
1 oz/30 ml grapefruit juice
¾ oz/22.5 ml lemon juice
½ oz/15 ml 2:1 simple syrup
½ oz/15 ml egg white
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well until cold.
Double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Serve without garnish.