Sunday, April 30, 2023

the barrymore cocktail

2 oz Unpeated Scotch (Famous Grouse)
1/2 oz Peated Scotch (Laphroaig 10 Year)
1/2 oz Amaro Ramazzotti

Stir with ice. Add 1/8 oz Green Chartreuse into a coupe and ignite. After a few seconds, strain into the coupe to extinguish the flame and garnish with orange oil from a twist.
Two Sundays ago, I decided to make The Barrymore Cocktail by Kenneth McCoy at New York City's Rum House as published in Punch. Overall, it reminded me of a less smoky Scottish Cyclops but with Green Chartreuse accents thrown in akin to the Krakatoa. The Barrymore Cocktail started out with orange oils over peat smoke aromas. Next, caramel and malt on the sip turned towards smoky Scotch and root beer flavors on the swallow with a herbal finish from the Chartreuse.

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