bitter sweet

1/2 oz Diplomatico Rum (Diplomatico Riserva Exclusiva)
1/2 oz Smith & Cross Rum
1 oz Lustau East India Solera Sherry
3/4 oz Campari
1/4 oz Demerara Syrup
4 drop Dutch Colonial Bitters (6 drop Tempus Fugit Abbott's)

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Fridays ago, I returned to the online recipe flashcard set for the Dorrance in Providence, Rhode Island. There, I spotted the Bitter Sweet from their 2012 menu that seemed to be a curious sherry take on the Right Hand cocktail. In the glass, the Bitter Sweet donated an orange oil, caramel, dark orange, and tropical funk aroma. Next, grape and caramel notes on the sip sailed into funky rum and bitter orange flavors on the swallow with a clove spice finish.