new york in the seventies

1 oz Old Overholt Rye (86°)
1/2 oz Smith & Cross Rum
1/2 oz Laphroaig Scotch
1/4 oz 2:1 Demerara Syrup (3/8 oz 1:1)
2 dash Angostura Bitters

Stir with ice. Add a scant 1/4 oz Green Chartreuse to a double old fashioned glass along with a lemon twist and an orange twist, ignite the Chartreuse, and swirl to singe the peels and warm the glass. Strain the chilled drink to extinguish the flame.As mentioned a few posts ago, the drink that inspired the Berlin in 70s at Cure was Paks Pazuniak's New York in the Seventies. Makz served this in 2011 at his Something Like This night at the Counting Room in Brooklyn, and it was published in the Jupiter Disco: Preservation zine in 2021. Below the printed recipe was Maks' lament about how the fire aspect made this drink enviable across the room, and soon the odds were not in his favor as he eventually ended up with broken glass and burnt Chartreuse on the bar top. Luckily, my glass survived the light show and yielded warmth, smoke, and whiskey aromas. Next, caramel notes on the sip led into whiskey, funky rum, smoke, and Green Chartreuse's herbal flavors on the swallow with an allspice finish.