bamboo tyrant

1 1/4 oz Lo-Fi Dry Vermouth
1 oz Lustau Fino Sherry
1/2 oz Benedictine
1/4 oz Amaro Braulio

Stir with ice and strain into a Nick & Nora glass spritzed with Alice & The Magician's Autumn Bonfire (perhaps sub in Islay Scotch or smoky mezcal here?).Two Tuesdays ago, Jesse Lane and Sam Treadway were hosting a Bamboo-sday event of Bamboo Cocktail riffs at Backbar while the rest of the crew was at Brooklyn Bar Convent. For a drink, I asked Jesse for the Bamboo Tyrant created by Backbar alumni Anthony Brocatto; the menu item was subtitled, "Hemitriccus diops – look it up, nerd", and when I did, it turned up the bird "Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant". In the glass, the Bamboo Tyrant ascended to the nose with a pine, smoky, and bright bouquet. Next, dry grape countered by caramel sweetness on the sip soared into nutty sherry, herbal. and minty-pine flavors on the swallow.