captain badass

1 1/2 oz Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy
1 1/2 oz Rittenhouse Bonded Rye Whiskey
1/2 oz Lustau East India Solera Sherry
1 heaping barspoon Apple-Cinnamon Jam (Homemade Crabapple Jelly + 1 dash Fee's Whiskey Barrel-Aged Bitters)
1 dash Orange Cream Bitters (Angostura Orange)

Stir with ice, double strain into a coupe, and garnish with an apple slice (omit garnish).While skimming through the online flashcard set for the Dram bar in Brooklyn, I spied the Captain Badass that called for an apple-cinnamon jam, and I wondered if the crabapple jelly I made plus some cinnamon-heavy Fee's Whiskey Barrel-Aged Bitters would work in a pinch. The apple brandy, rye whiskey, and apple components reminded me of the Keep the Doctor Away but that called for muddled apple and Aperol instead of apple jam and sherry. I was able to locate a mention of the drink in a 2015 Fodor's guidebook of Brooklyn, so that helps to confirm that it is Dram's recipe as well as to put a date to it. In the glass, the Captain Badass met the senses with an apple and hint of nutty-raisin aroma. Next, grape with a slightly luxurious mouthfeel from the jelly on the sip led into rye, apple, dried fruit, and cinnamon flavors on the swallow.