Can the ginger beer go into the shaker?

No. It goes into the highball after the strain, once the head is built.

What should The Sunset look like before the ginger beer?

Strained into the highball with a white head already on it. The ginger beer then lengthens the drink underneath.

Does the powder work for The Sunset?

Yes: 1.3g of powder in 20 ml of water per drink, made up before service and chilled, then the same six steps.

Which parts of The Sunset can I batch?

The rum, amaretto, lemon and vanilla and tonka syrup. The aquafaba goes in at the shake and the ginger beer in the glass.

Process sheet

How to build The Sunset with aquafaba: the step-by-step sheet

The Sunset has one crucial handover: the drink leaves the shaker, then the ginger beer takes over in the glass. If that sequence gets muddled, the head is usually the first thing to suffer. This sheet keeps all six steps in order and gives you the checks to make when the drink comes out flat, soft or sinking into the top. Updated: 5 October 2026.

Process sheet

#	Step	Reference
1	Build	30 ml rum, 10 ml amaretto, 20 ml lemon, 10 ml vanilla and tonka syrup, 20 ml VERY AQUAFABA, chilled
2	Dry shake	Hard, without ice, until the liquid turns pale and thick
3	With ice	8 to 10 cubes, a second shake until the shaker frosts
4	Strain	Into a highball glass, the head already on top
5	Top	Ginger beer into the glass, never into the shaker
6	Garnish	A few dried flowers scattered on the head

Powder: for one drink, 1.3g of VERY AQUAFABA powder + 20 ml of water, made up before service and chilled.

Checks

What you see	Why	Fix
Foam already thin in the highball	The ice went in first	Shake without ice, then with ice
Head sinks as the ginger beer goes in	Ginger beer shaken with the rest	Keep it for the glass, after the strain
Foam rises slowly and stays soft	Aquafaba left out of the fridge	Chill it until the moment of the shake
Flowers sinking by the time it reaches the guest	Waited on the pass	Top and send it straight out

Source: VERY AQUAFABA cocktail recipes (October 2026)

When a Sunset loses its head

Keep it at the highball station, with the Sunset method in the bar book. If a Sunset reaches the guest without its head, check three things in order: whether the dry shake came before the ice, whether the aquafaba was chilled, and whether the ginger beer stayed out of the shaker.

The station before doors open

One bottle of base. Rum, amaretto, lemon and vanilla and tonka syrup, batched together.
Two things kept apart. The aquafaba in the fridge, an opened pack used within 3 to 4 days at 2 to 6 °C, and the ginger beer, chilled.
Glassware and garnish. Highballs and the dried flowers within reach of the strain.

What you should see before the ginger beer goes in

Pale and thick after the dry shake, a frosted shaker after the second, and a white head sitting on the drink once it's strained. Then the ginger beer goes in underneath, the head lifts with it, and the flowers go on. To plan a full night, the Sunset quantity calculator works out the base for any number of drinks.