Mugolio is a time-honored and cherished traditional culinary art from the European Alps & other Eurasian Highland cultures in which immature pine cones are steeped in cane sugar (or honey or molasses) for at least 3 weeks and often up to a year!
Every pine species is unique, and our Summit County Colorado Lodgepole Pines yield a syrup that takes the taster for a gustatory journey from instantly sweet and high notes of vanilla, cinnamon and cloves before the spicy notes kick a short blast of heat when the bolder sweetness arrives to sweep away any fear of spiciness and leaves the tongue and the entire mouth with the undeniably delightful tingle of Umami.
SPRU-SRUP® ... it's spruce tip syrup!
Steeped for nearly a month, this wild ferment of the fluffy blue sprigs of early spring spruce tree growth yields a boldy sweet, not at all tannic, aromatically piney but overall fruity syrup with notes of classic bubble gum, pomegranate & citrusy hints of alpine lemon-lime.
Try it in a frosted glass for a refreshing
Spru-Soda® --
1 oz of Spru-Srup®
11 oz of San Pelegrino or SodaStream® or your preferred fizzy water
Hot (Pine) Cone-coa
0.5 oz COmugolio®
1.25 cup hot whole milk
1 tsp cocoa powder
(optional) .5 tsp Hamilton's Mushroom Powder
Whisk to foamy surface.
The Colorado Campfire
.75 oz Spru-Srup®
2 oz Madre Mezcal Espadin
Soda Water stirred over ice
in cocktail glass.
The Spruce Ginner
.5 oz Spru-Srup®
2 oz Breckenridge Gin
Shaken or Stirred and served
in Martini glass.
Mugolini
1 oz COmugolio®
3 oz Breckenridge Gin
Mugoliold Fashioned
.5 oz COmugolio® (or Spru-Srup®)
1 shot Breckenridge Bourbon
Dashes of Breckenridge Distillery Bitters
1 shot Sweet Vermouth
Served in cocktail glass over large ice block and garnished with a roller-pressed sprig of pine (or spruce) needles.
Enjoy drizzled over cheese, ice cream, in cocktails & mocktails, as a glaze for meat, fish & wild game or as a maple syrup replacement for a more regional "treet" over your next batch of pancakes or waffles!
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