new victoria

2/3 Rye Whiskey (2 oz Rittenhouse Bonded)
1/6 Calvados (1/2 oz Morin Selection)
1/6 Sweet Passion Fruit Juice (1/4 oz Passion Fruit Syrup)
3 dash Crème de Banane (1/4 oz Tempus Fugit)

Shake all but the banana liqueur with ice, strain into a glass, and garnish with the crème de banane (I stirred all the ingredients with ice and strained into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube).Two Wednesday ago, I opened up the 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book and spotted the New Victoria by J. Stephens. Interpretted as an Old Fashioned, it was reminscent of Death & Co. Old Fashioned riffs 70 years before it opened; however, the only drink where passion fruit and crème de banane both appear on the blog are the Freak C'est Chic at Brick & Mortar and Jason Alexander's Commando Life. In the glass, the New Victoria proffered rye, apple, caramel, and tropical aromas to the nose. Next, caramel and apple notes on the sip sailed into rye, caramelized banana, and passion fruit flavors on the swallow.