billy batts

1 1/2 oz Rye Whiskey (Rittenhouse)
3/4 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Aged Full-Bodied Rum (R.L. Seale 10 Year)
1/4 oz Pedro Ximenez Sherry (El Maestro Sierra)
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Orange Bitters (Angostura Orange)

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with lemon oil from a twist and an expressed orange peel.Two Mondays ago, I found an online recipe flashcard set for Born & Raised in San Diego dating to 2022. There, I was lured in by the Billy Batts as perhaps a Little Italy crossed with Chad Austin's I Want to Believe, and I was able to spot the drink on a Yelp menu photo in January 2023. Billy Batts was the nickname of William Devino of the Gambino crime family, so the connection to the Little Italy might be very apropos given the syndicate's New York City base. In the glass, the Billy Batts gave forth an orange, lemon, and caramel aroma. Next, grape and caramel mingled on the sip and were followed by rye, rum, funky herbal, and raisin flavors on the swallow with an allspice finish.