all bark, all bite

1 oz Copper Dog Speyside Blended Malt Scotch (The Glen Grant 16 Year)
1 oz Wild Turkey 101 Rye (Rittenhouse Bonded)
1/4 oz Fernet Branca
1/4 oz Demerara Syrup

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with 2 spritz Laphroaig Scotch (8 drops).Two Mondays ago, I returned to The Bartender's Manifesto by Toby Maloney with Emma Janzen and landed on the Toronto-like All Bark, All Bite by Levi Tyma at Chicago's Violet Hour circa 2018. With Scotch elements added in, the All Bark, All Bite launched with a peat smoke aroma. Next, malt notes on the sip slid into rye and sherry-tinged Scotch with light bitter menthol accents on the swallow. Overall, it came across a lot softer than a Toronto.