3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth (Lacuesta Rojo)
1/2 oz Cocchi Americano
1/4 oz Averna
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Mole Bitters (Angostura Cocoa)
1 dash Peychaud's Bitters
3 Coffee Beans
Muddle the coffee beans, add the rest of the ingredients, stir with ice, double strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a flamed orange twist (unflamed).
Two Fridays ago, I was scanning the ShakeStir recipe database, and I found the Nightshift to make after my bar shift. The recipe was entered in 2013 by Garret Richard when he was a bartender at Prime Meats in Brooklyn. He found his inspiration for this drink in "Late nights, Don's Coffee Grog, Black Magic at the Mai Kai," and with that, I was intrigued. Especially with the combination of sweet vermouth and Cocchi Americano which reminded me of the classic Hoots Mon. Garret continued on with, "Rum and coffee are a dynamic duo that has starred in many cocktails from the Tiki genre. I wanted to take this pair and incorporate them in a more contemporary setting by using them in a Rum Manhattan with plenty of bitters to settle the stomach. This is a tribute to all the night owls."
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2 comments:
Muddled coffee beans is something I've not seen in a cocktail before. Wonder if that's a better or worse choice than coffee bitters. Though it does sound more dramatic.
More coffee and roast notes than bitterness from the coffee with the muddling.
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