tight five

1 1/2 oz Tequila (Olmeca Altos)
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi)
1/2 oz Apple Brandy (Laird's Bonded)
1/4 oz Cynar
1/8 oz Benedictine

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Sundays ago, I reached for my copy of the Raising the Bar book by Jacob Grier and Brett Adams, and I landed on the Tight Five that they crafted with tequila and apple brandy in an herbal-tinged Manhattan of sorts. In the glass, the Tight Five unfurled with orange, vegetal, and minty aromas. Next, a grape-driven sip led into agave, apple, and herbal flavors on the swallow.