perfect bqe

2 oz Wild Turkey 101 Rye (Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
1/2 oz Cocchi Sweet Vermouth
1/4 oz Green Chartreuse
1 tsp Maraschino (Luxardo)
Stir with ice, strain into a Nick & Nora (coupe) glass, and garnish with a cherry.Two Sundays ago, I reached for A Quick Drink by Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, and I landed on one of Ivy Mix's originals. That recipe was the Perfect BQE as a cross between two Milk & Honey classics: the Red Hook and the Green Point (Ivy did list the Green Point as a Yellow Chartreuse drink in the text but swapped it to Green here). Those neighborhoods are connected by the Brookyln-Queens Expressway, and she found that the perfect or split vermouth version was the way for flavor and balance. Overall, the combination reminded me a bit of the St. Columbus Rill, Dueling Banjos, and Armistice Cocktail, so I was curious to see this take on the concept. In the glass, the Perfect BQE greeted the nose with an herbaceous and nutty cherry aroma. Next, grape and a hint of cherry on the sip drove to rye, herbaceous, and nutty cherry flavors on the swallow.