all hands on deck

1 1/2 oz Mezcal (Fidencio)
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi)
1/2 oz Curaçao (Pierre Ferrand)
1/2 oz Fernet Branca

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.

Two Sundays ago, I uncovered a collection of flashcards online that were sourced from Sam Ross' Bartender's Choice app. That eventually led me to purchasing the app once I discovered that it was finally available for Android phones. That night, I made the All Hands on Deck which was created by Andrew Rice at Attaboy in 2015 as a mezcal take on the Don't Give Up the Ship. That classic is a gin and Dubonnet one from Crosby Gaige's 1941 Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion. It was pretty common for Gaige in that book to take existing recipes and rename them to fit the themes of the book's chapters, and it happens to be the same recipe as the Napoleon from the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book. Since Gaige's cocktail name is so much more poetic and evocative, it won out over time (unlike many of his purloined drinks that lost out such as his Up in Mabel's Room that is better known as the original Brown Derby).The All Hands on Deck saluted the nose with an orange, caramel, smoke, and menthol bouquet. Next, caramel and dried orange peel notes on the sip flowed into smoky mezcal, orange, minty, bitter gentian, and menthol flavors on the swallow.