monkey business

2 oz Monkey Shoulder Scotch (Famous Grouse Smoky Black)
3/4 oz Amaro Nonino
3/4 oz Vanilla Gomme Syrup (Vanilla Syrup)
1 Whole Egg

Shake one round without ice and one round with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.Two Mondays ago, I returned to the Hawthorne bar bible and spotted the Monkey Business which was bar director Jackson Cannon's creation. Unlike the two other Monkey Businesses on the blog, this one was a Flip with vanilla and amaro accents. There are mentions of this drink as early as 2015 on UrbanDaddy, and MarketWatchMag in 2017 quoted Jackson as saying that it is a "more refined eggnog". Once prepared, the Monkey Business provided a delightful woody spice, vanilla, and apricot bouquet to the nose. Next, a creamy caramel and orange sip set up Scotch, vanilla, orange, herbal, and dried fruit flavors on the swallow.