ai ono

1 1/2 oz Knob Creek Bourbon (Evan Williams Bonded)
1/2 oz Cesar Florido Oloroso Sherry (Lustau)
1/2 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup

Shake with ice ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with grated cinnamon.Two Mondays ago, I continued on with the tropical mood with a drink from Monkeypod Wailei in Hawaii called the Ai Ono. I was able to find the recipe through online recipe flashcards, and I spotted a cocktail photo on the FollowThePiper site as well as a photo on Yelp from as early as 2017. While this recipe and the current menu on their website call for Oloroso sherry, I was able to find another perhaps older flashcard set that called for Lustau East India Solera Sherry (slightly sweeter with Oloroso + Pedro Ximenez). Overall, it read like Death & Co.'s Gilda but with Bourbon and sherry instead of tequila. In the glass, the Ai Ono gave forth a cinnamon, nutty sherry, and pineapple aroma. Next, lime, grape, and pineapple notes on the sip developed into Bourbon, pineapple, nutty, and cinnamon flavors on the swallow.