right paw of destiny

1 1/2 oz Santa Teresa Rum (3/4 oz Monymusk Gold + 3/4 oz Hamilton Demerara 86°)
1/2 oz Lustau Amontillado Sherry
1/2 oz Campari
1/2 oz Amaro Montenegro
1 dash 1821 Havana & Hide Bitters (Extinct Chemical Co. Abbott's)

Stir with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube.Two Sundays ago, I decided to make a drink from Backbar in Somerville called the Right Paw of Destiny that they posted on their Instagram a while back. This riff on the Right Hand appeared on their 2023 cat-themed menu and would probably be a great companion to their other riff, the Left Hand of Darkness. The Instagram post describes how, "Its name comes from the question: there is a cat with a top hat and monocle riding a raging fiery unicorn with a cigar in its left paw; what’s in its right paw???" Once prepared, the Right Paw of Destiny conjured up caramel, clementine, and grape aromas. Next, caramel and grape notes on the sip switched places with rum, bitter orange, nutty, and spice flavors on the swallow.