dead moon

2 oz Appleton V/X Rum (Appleton Signature)
1/2 oz Benedictine
1/2 oz Cynar

Stir with ice and strain into a Nick & Nora glass.Recently, the Rum Club in Portland, Oregon, featured on their Instagram Colin Shearn's Dead Moon. Colin replied with the recipe for the drink that he created at the Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. for the Winter 2011 menu. Perhaps the name is a reference to the three-piece rootsy garage punk band since many of the bar's cocktails during that time were named after song titles, lyrics, or bands. Overall, it reminded me of a 100 Year Old Cigar minus the Scotch, bitters, and absinthe, so I was game to give this one a go. In the glass, the Dead Moon rose to the nose with caramel and herbal minty aromas. Next, a caramel-driven sip waxed and waned into rum and bitter herbal flavors on the swallow.