Black Coffee Spike | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 cup oat groats or whole barley
• 1 tbsp. black peppercorns
• One 2-inch piece ginger, peeled and diced
• 10 juniper berries
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 large stick cinnamon
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups whiskey
• ¹⁄₂ cup maple syrup
• ¹⁄₄ cup molasses
• 4 oz. dark chocolate, chopped (1/2 cup)
• 1 tsp. pure coffee extract (optional)
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. fine sea salt or kosher salt
• Hot black coffee, for serving
• Half-and-half, for serving (optional)