Wednesday, August 14, 2024

humidor

1 1/2 Blended Aged Rum (Doorly's 12 Year)
1/2 oz Mezcal (Peloton de la Muerte)
1/2 oz Benedictine
1/2 oz Cynar
3 dash Orange Bitters (Angostura Orange)
6 drop Bittermens Mole Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.
Two Wednesdays ago, I spotted a reference to a drink called the Humidor that seemed like a riff on Maks Pazuniak's 100 Year Old Cigar, so I tracked it back to the source. The recipe was crafted by London home bar enthusiast Charles Emberson and posted on his @chembo_cocktails Instagram; moreover, I made my rum choice by way of The Smuggler's Cove book's classification system's suggested labels. In the glass, the Humidor opened up with an orange, caramel, vegetal, and smoke bouquet. Next, a caramel-driven sip led into rum, vegetal, herbal, smoke, orange, and chocolate flavors on the swallow.

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