improved scotch cocktail

2 oz House Scotch Blend (1 1/4 oz Famous Grouse Smoky Black + 3/4 oz Royal Brackla 12 Year)
1 tsp Luxardo Maraschino
1 tsp Maple Syrup
1 dash Fee's Black Wanut Bitters (3 dash Strongwater Mountain Elixirs Walnut Bitters)
1 dash Absinthe (12 drop St. George)

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Thursdays prior, I returned to the online recipe flashcard sets for Teardrop Lounge in Portland, Oregon, and their Improved Scotch Cocktail called out to me. Here, they added in maple and walnut notes to the classic structure of the Improved Whiskey Cocktail which seemed like a delightful complement to the spirit. They featured this version in 2023 while on other years' menus, it was a honey-driven one as deduced from Yelp menu photos. In the glass, the Improved Scotch Cocktail offered up orange, Scotch, and nutty cherry aromas. Next, maple and cherry notes on the sip transitioned into Scotch, maple, cherry, and anise flavors on the swallow.