Macallan 12, fresh ginger, Wild Keralan honey & smoky Scotch — Trishna London
Amrit (अमृत) is the drink of the gods in Vedic mythology — the nectar of immortality, churned from the cosmic ocean during the Samudra Manthan (the churning of the ocean of milk by gods and demons). Trishna's Amrit Sour earns the name with its ingredient: Wild Keralan honey, sourced from the jungles of the Western Ghats, where giant Apis dorsata bees build their comb from a canopy 40 metres above the forest floor. The honey's flavour captures the extraordinary flora of the Ghats — cardamom, pepper, wild ginger — making it one of the most complex honeys on earth. Paired with The Macallan Double Cask 12 (the balance of bourbon and sherry oak) and a float of peated Scotch, this is Trishna's most ambitious cocktail — 'elevated with exceptional Keralan honey, prized for capturing the exotic flora and fauna of the Western Ghats.'
Wild Keralan honey is available in the UK from Kerala Forest Products, various Indian grocery stores in London, and online. If unavailable, Manuka honey (500+ MGO) is the closest substitute in intensity, though the flavour profile is different. Fresh ginger juice is far more alive than bottled — grate ginger on a microplane and squeeze through a cloth for a table-ready yield. The peated Scotch float is subtle but essential — it is the mist of smoke that completes the Amrit mythology.
Omit the peated float for a lighter, honey-forward cocktail. Add 5ml green cardamom syrup for a more South Indian character.
One of London's most celebrated Indian restaurants, Trishna is known for extraordinary Keralan-influenced seafood and an exceptional cocktail programme. The bar team draws on coastal Indian botanicals — coconut, raw mango, curry leaf, kokum — to create drinks that feel as considered as the kitchen's cooking.
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