final cut

1 1/2 oz Pikesville Rye (Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz Booker's Bourbon
1 tsp Campari
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Raspberry Syrup

Shake with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and float 1 tsp Hamilton's Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum (Smith & Cross).Two Fridays ago, I selected Death & Co.'s Welcome Home book for the evening's recipe where I was lured in by Tyson Buhler's 2016 Final Cut. Overall, the combination reminded me of the Whippersnapper with the whiskey and raspberry Sour concept, but here with overproof spirits and accents of bitter Campari and funky rum. Indeed, the raspberry-Campari combination reminded me of the Turn Signal, the Palazzo (Russell House Tavern's Campari Week 2014 offering provided in the previous link), and the Negroni-Clover club mashup the Negroni Club. In the glass, the Final Cut spoke out with a funky rum aroma. Next, a lemon and berry sip stepped into whiskey and bitter raspberry flavors on the swallow.