socialist

3/4 oz Flor de Caña Rum (Bacardi Cuatro)
3/4 oz Scarlet Ibis Rum (Raising Glasses' Guardians 8 Year Trinidad)
3/4 oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi)
1/2 oz El Dorado Rum (Hamilton Demerara River 86° Rum)
1/8 oz Allspice Dram (Hamilton's)
3 dash Orange Bitters (Regan's)

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Sundays ago, I was lured in by the Socialist from the Paper Plane in Atlanta that was created for their April 2014 menu and personally sourced via online recipe flashcards. The combination reminded me of the In the Navy that I created with Jon Theris at Loyal Nine, but ours was a rum Old Fashioned with the same allspice dram flair to their Palmetto or rum Manhattan format. Moreover, the name reminded me of the Communist found in Ted Haigh's book and perhaps I will need to get around to making that one soon. Once prepared, the Socialist showcased an orange, caramel, and allspice bouquet. Next, grape and caramel flavors on the sip flowed into woody and aged rums plus allspice flavors on the swallow with an orange and smoky finish.