good luck grin

1 1/2 oz Bourbon (Old Grand-Dad Bonded)
1 oz Lustau East India Solera Sherry
1/2 oz Bigallet China-China (Amaro Ciociaro)
1/4 oz Maraschino (Luxardo)
2 dash Bittercube Corazon Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Mondays ago, I found in my notes a recipe that I wanted to try from the StirredBlog in 2017 from the Baldwin & Sons Trading Co. in Woburn. It was part of the bar's Encyclopedia Brown series of stirred drinks that come to the table in a flask (found in a hollow book shell) to pour over ice, and this second part of the series was the Good Luck Grin that reminded me of the Brooklyn-like Blue Collar but with a semi-sweet sherry instead of sweet vermouth or perhaps the brandy-Oloroso Boys Don't Cry. The Good Luck Grin began with an orange, grape, and nutty cherry aroma. Next, grape, caramel, and a hint of cherry on the sip discovered Bourbon, bitter orange, and cherry flavors on the swallow. The end result reminded me of a hybrid of two drinks that were on my first Eastern Standard menu in June of 2007 – namely, Chuck Taggart's Hoskins and the house original Prospect Park.