a farewell to arms

1 1/2 oz Fernet Branca
3/4 oz Falernum (Velvet)
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with a mint leaf.Two Mondays ago, I spotted on Kindred Cocktails a recipe that appeared in 2014 on Fernet Branca's Facebook page called A Farewell to Arms by Chad Owen of Manifesto in Kansas City, Missouri. As a Fernet Daiquiri, the added complexity with falernum not unexpected since I had used it a few months back in the Devil Makes Work in a rum-forward design, and I first learned of the pairing in Murray Stenson's Porteño in 2009. Once shaken and strained, this tribute to Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel began with menthol, mint, lime, and clove aromas. Next, lime and caramel mingled on the sip, and caramel, lime, menthol, and clove flavors rounded out the swallow.