lowest branch

1 oz Avua Amburana Cachaça (Salinas Umbarana)
1 oz Amontillado Sherry (Lustau)
3/4 oz Calvados (Morin Selection)
1/4 oz Crème de Banane (Tempus Fugit)
1/8 oz Cane Syrup (Sirop de JM)
2 dash Bittermens Boston Bitters (Bittermens Burlesque)

Stir with ice and strain into a glass; the recipe did not specify a serving style, so I served it in an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube.Two Tuesdays prior, I came back to the online flashcards from the opening Seamstress (NYC) menu in 2015 and selected the Lowest Branch that reminded me of the French Connection but with cachaça and Calvados instead of aged rum and Cognac. Once in a glass, the Lowest Branch gave forth apple, nutty, and woody spice aromas. Next, apple and grape notes on the sip fell to funky cachaça, apple, and woody spice flavors on the swallow with a banana finish.