gloamin dwines

2 oz White Horse Blended Scotch
1 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Cocchi Americano
1 dash Scrappy's Celery Bitters

Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass rinsed with Caol Ila 12 Year Scotch. Twist a lemon peel over the top.

For my second drink at Rendezvous, I wanted what Scott Holliday had made for Andrea as her first round; indeed, a few sips were not enough. The drink was called the Gloamin Dwines which is Scottish for "declining twilight"; perhaps this implies that the violet hour is leaving and night is about to set in.
The Gloamin Dwines offered up lemon oil aroma along with the briny smoke note of the Caol Ila. The Cynar's caramel and the Scotch's malt on the sip were lightened by the Cocchi Americano's citrussy hints. The Scotch played well with the Cynar on swallow, and the Cynar transitioned elegantly into the celery notes on the finish.

Polymorphous Perversity
• 2 oz Morin Selection Calvados
• 1/2 oz Yellow Chartreuse
• 1/2 oz Cocchi Americano
• 1 dash Angostura Orange Bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Twist a lemon peel over the top.

Andrea's second drink from Scott was a delightful apple cocktail full of savory and citrus notes that was perfect for the autumnal air.