Sunday, December 25, 2022

coffee & cigarettes

1 1/2 oz Japanese 12 Year Whisky (Kavalan Classic (*))
1/2 oz Amaro Nonino
1/2 oz NOLA Coffee Liqueur (Galliano Ristretto)
1/4 oz Averna
2 dash Angostura Bitters
2 dash Allspice Dram (1/2 bsp Hamilton's)

Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube.
(*) This was as close as I could get to Japanese whisky.
For a drink two Sundays ago, Chad Austin's Everyone Has a F*cking Cocktail Book caught my eye. There, I selected his circa 2015 Black Manhattan of sorts called Coffee & Cigarettes. Once prepared, it donated a caramel, coffee, and whisky bouquet to the nose. Next, caramel and roast notes on the sip lit up whiskey, coffee, and allspice flavors on the swallow; moreover, as the ice melted, it gained orange elements on the swallow.

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