oropa cocktail

60% Aged Cognac (1 3/4 oz Courvoisier VS)
20% Jamaican Rum (1/2 oz Monymusk Gold + 1/4 oz Smith & Cross)
10% Honey (1/2 oz Honey Syrup)
10% Lemon Juice (1/2 oz)

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with a cherry.Two Fridays ago, I reached for my translated reprint of the 1936 Italian book 1000 Misture, and I spotted the Oropa Cocktail that might have been named after the municipality in Piedmont. Overall, the recipe appeared like a mashup of three parts Louisiana Purchase (Milk & Honey's Cognac riff on a Bee's Knees) to one part Honey Bee from David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. In the glass, the Oropa Cocktail began with lemon, honey, and rum funk aromas. Next, lemon and honey on the sip gave way to Cognac, rum, honey, and funk flavors on the swallow.