Today, we lost a great author. Terry Pratchett’s books were witty, entertaining, and clever. But they were also genuinely heartwarming, and that’s what I’ll miss most.

Apparently, one of the things Pratchett did try to alleviate some of the effects from Alzheimer’s was to drink. “Enormously. It makes you feel better and feeling better is part of it.”

I want to make a cocktail in his memory.

There are two references to alcohol made in the books. Scumble is an apple liquor so strong, it’s highly recommended to not be consumed by humans. And amanita is the high priced bottles of liqueur that sit up on top of the shelves at bars and no one ever consumes.

In Roundworld, amanita is a poisonous mushroom. (Note: don’t make an actual amanita liqueur.) However, I did manage to get a truffle liqueur, which we’ll use lightly in this apple jack cocktail.

I’ll update this once I have a recipe.

Rest in peace, Terry.

Making the Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz applejack (preferably Scumble)
• 0.25 oz Lacheze Liqueur A La Truffe
• 0.75 oz lemon juice
• 0.25 oz simple syrup
• A tiny pinch of salt

Pour ingredients slowly as the sun rises in Discworld, pooling from place to place, into an ice-filled rocks glass. Give a gentle stir.

THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT.
Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.