Friday, June 30, 2023

mance rayder

1 1/2 oz Reposado Tequila (Cimarron)
1/2 oz Mezcal (Del Maguey Vida)
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi)
1/2 oz Cointreau
2 dash Angostura Bitters
2 dash Orange Bitters (Angostura Orange)

Build in an old fashioned glass, add ice, stir to mix and chill, and garnish with a lemon twist.
Two Fridays, I opened up the Bartender's Choice app, and I spotted the Mance Rayder as "an agave Manhattan with a little Cointreau" crafted by Erick Castro in 2013 at Polite Provisions in San Diego. Erick named the drink after "after one of the coolest characters from Game of Thrones" (via his Bartender at Large site's blog), and he described it as "an unruly drink that still has an underlying sophistication" (via Bon Appétit). In the glass, it conjured up lemon, smoke, and vegetal aromas. Next, grape and orange notes on the sip transformed into smoke, agave, and orange flavors on the swallow with cinnamon, orange, and clove elements on the finish.

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