At the moment, Taylor is mixing it in a hot cocktail of his own, the West Bridge Coffee Grog, whipping the allspice dram into a butter-and-honey batter and adding coffee, chocolate-infused Batavia Arrack, and Averna. It's a cross between a tiki-style cocktail and a traditional coffee grog, which might sound like a contradiction in terms — but when you're talking about allspice, a lot of different things happening at once is kind of the whole point.
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