king's peach

2 1/4 oz Fidencio Mezcal
1/4 oz Velvet Falernum
1/4 oz Crème de Peche (Briottet)
1 dash Mole Bitters (Bittermens)

Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass with ice, and garnish with a lemon twist.
When I got home from my bar shift two Friday nights ago, I was in the mood for something nonfussy like an Old Fashioned. I soon remembered the King's Peach that I had spotted in the Brooklyn Bartender book. This mezcal Old Fashioned sweetened the mix with a combination of peach notes and falernum spice and utilized chocolate bitters as the herbal backbone akin to the Oaxacan Old Fashioned. The book provided that the drink was created at Mayfield in Brooklyn but nothing about the name; perhaps it was a parody of 2010 The King's Speech movie as evidenced by this YouTube clip. Once prepared, the King's Peach shared lemon oil over smoke and hints of chocolate aromas. Next, the sweet sip gave forth hints of peach and dark notes from the bitters, and the swallow began with smoky mezcal and light peach notes and ended with chocolate and clove on the finish.