the mapmaker

1 oz Rye Whiskey (Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz Aged Rum (R.L. Seale 10 Year)
1/2 oz Amaro Braulio
1 tsp Demerara Syrup
3 dash Peychaud's Bitters
1 dash Angostura Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into an absinthe-rinsed (Kübler) old fashioned glass, and garnish with a lemon twist (express and discard).Two Thursdays ago, I began searching the web for an interesting use of my recently added bottle of Braulio, and I came across The Mapmaker in Veranda Magazine. The recipe was created by Ian Palmer in 2022 as a layered take on the Sazerac that was inspired by Peng Shepard's book The Cartographers. Here, The Mapmaker sketched out a lemon oil, anise, caramel, and minty bouquet for the nose. Next, a caramel-driven sip blossomed into rye, rum, mint, and anise flavors on the swallow.