st. bernard pass

2 oz Cognac (Monnet VSOP)
3/4 oz Amaro Braulio
1/4 oz Pedro Ximenez Sherry (El Maestro Sierra)
2 dash Angostura Bitters
2 dash Orange Bitters (Angostura Orange)

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with a lemon twist.Two Saturdays ago, I was perusing one of the online recipe flashcard sets for Raines Law Room in Manhattan when I came across the St. Bernard Pass that I was able to spot on their Instagram in a January 2020 post. Overall, it was very similar to a cocktail of a similar name created by Jan Andrew Brown at Drink that he made for me at a guest shift at the Hawthorne back in 2015, but with here with sherry and less Braulio. Both drinks were probably named after a mountain landmark near the distillery where Braulio is crafted. In the glass, the St. Bernard's Pass offered up a lemon, Cognac, raisin, and pine bouquet. Next, caramel and date notes on the sip climbed towards Cognac, fig, and pine flavors on the swallow with an orange finish.