promises, promises

1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin (Beefeater)
3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
1/4 oz Giffard Pamplemousse (St. Elder)
7 drop Bittermens Grapefruit Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Sundays ago, I reached for Neal Bodenheimer and Emily Timberlake's Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em book and landed on the Promises, Promises by Nicholas Jarrett. Jarrett was inspired by Julie Reiner's Gin Blossom and Phil Ward's Elder Fashion, and a blog post suggested that it was served at Cure as early as 2015. In the glass, the Promises, Promises gave forth an orange and orchard fruit bouquet. Next, pear notes on the sip slid into gin and grapefruit flavors on the swallow.