welterweight

1 1/2 oz White Rum (Privateer)
3/4 oz Amontillado Sherry (Lustau)
3/4 oz Aperol

Stir with ice and strain into a coupe glass.Two Sundays ago, I found my evening's cocktail on the Bartender's Choice app, namely the Welterweight by Zachary Gelnaw-Rubin at Lion Lion in 2018. While the drink was described as "loosely reminiscent of an El Presidente," the combination of rum, sherry, and Aperol reminded me of Don Lee's Sargasso at PDT but here with a less funky rum and a drier sherry. Once stirred and strained, the Welterweight hit with an orange aroma darkened by oxidized sherry notes. Next, grape and nectarine on the sip pivoted to rum, nutty, and peach flavors on the swallow with an orange finish.