Friday, March 7, 2025

five year plan

1 1/4 oz Yellowstone Bourbon (Old Grand-Dad Bonded)
1/2 oz Delord Napoleon Armagnac (Marie Duffau)
1/4 oz Don Ciccio Nocino (Russo Nocino)
1 tsp Cinnamon Syrup
1 dash Bittertruth Aromatic Bitters (Jerry Thomas Decanter Bitters)

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with orange and lemon twists.
Two Fridays ago, I returned to the Death & Co. marketplace site and landed on the recipe for the Five Year Plan. It was created by bartender Summer Goff at their Denver outpost in 2023, and Summer dubbed the drink after the question "Where do you see yourself in five years?" that sends Summer "reeling into absolute panic, and naming that cocktail after it is the closest thing I've gotten to an answer." With the same walnut liqueur-cinnamon syrup duo from The World is Yours from three days prior, I was game to give this one with Bourbon-Armagnac instead of Japanese whisky-sherry a go. In the glass, the Five Year Plan opened up with orange, lemon, cinnamon, and nutty aromas. Next, caramel-roast notes on the sip finished off with Bourbon, walnut, and cinnamon flavors on the swallow.

2 comments:

scott_colbury said...

Frederic, Just a heads up the words 'Five Year Plan' link to 'The World is Yours'. Love this blog, thanks!

frederic said...

Thank you! Fixed.