heavy artillery

1 1/2 oz James E. Pepper Rye (Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
1/2 oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth (Giacomo Sperone)
1/4 oz Brown Sugar Cinnamon Syrup (1/8 oz Cinnamon Syrup + 1/8 oz Brown Sugar + 1/8 oz Water)
1 dash Fee's Old Fashioned Bitters (Fee's Whiskey Barrel-Aged)

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Tuesdays prior, I returned to the online recipe flashcards for Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco and selected the Heavy Artillery. The recipe was confirmed by a 2015 SFist article on Old Fashioned variations, and the bar's Instagram attributed the drink to bartender alum Darren Crawford. The Instagram post declared, "A high octane cocktail that will get you ready for battle. The rye, rum, and Chartreuse are all over 100 proof. Locked and loaded, are you ready to take on the world?" This rye-Jamaican rum Tipperary or perhaps Bijou in Old Fashioned format began with an orange, herbaceous, and rum funk bouquet. Next, grape and caramel notes on the sip were beseiged by rye, funky rum, cinnamon, and herbaceous flavors on the swallow. Overall, the other ingredients did a surprising job toning down the Chartreuse in this combination.