The Hermit’s Hour
Every Sun Sign Sippers cocktail is that sign's drink of the year — the pour for a hard call and the pour for a win. Virgo, your drink this year, The Hermit's Hour, is built the way Virgo does everything — precisely, unhurried, without a wasted ingredient. Chamomile elevates the bourbon's apricot and croissant notes bringing you into something closer to a nightly ritual than a nightcap. Reach for it the night you finally close the laptop, or the evening you need one sip to confirm: the work was enough, and so are you.
The Hermit’s Hour Recipe
½ oz chamomile-honey syrup
¼ oz fresh lemon juice
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Garnish: a single sprig of fresh thyme
Combine bourbon, chamomile-honey syrup, lemon juice, and bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Stir until well-chilled — no unnecessary flash, just precision. Strain over one large ice cube in a rocks glass. Garnish with a single sprig of thyme.
Chamomile-honey syrup: steep 2 chamomile tea bags in 1 cup hot water for 10 minutes, remove bags, stir in 1 cup honey until dissolved, cool, strain.
