la trinité

1 1/2 oz Rhum JM VSOP (JM Gold)
1/2 oz Clear Creek 2 Year Apple Brandy (Laird's Bonded)
1/2 oz Suze
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Honey Syrup
1/2 dash Scrappy's Celery Bitters (1 dash Bitter Truth)

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.Two Tuesdays ago, I reached for Death & Co.'s Welcome Home book and spied the La Trinité by Tyson Buhler in 2019. The combination reminded me of his Pennington Daiquiri that he created with grape brandy instead of apple, so I was game to try another version of this motif. Here, La Trinité proffered honey, gentian herbal, and grassy rum on the nose. Next, honey and lemon notes on the sip led into funky rum, apple, and honey-herbal flavors on the swallow.