across the pacific

1 oz Appleton Reserve Rum (Appleton Signature)
1/2 oz Smith & Cross Rum
1/2 oz Averna
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Orgeat

Whip shake with crushed ice, pour into an old fashioned glass, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with a lime wheel and freshly grated nutmeg.Two Sunday nights ago, I spotted an intriguing Meaghan Dorman recipe in online recipe flashcards from Dear Irving and Raines Law Room in Manhattan called Across the Pacific. I soon tracked the drink down to a 2020 Liquor-dot-com article which varied from the flashcards which had Amaro Abano instead of the article's Averna though. With Averna, orgeat, and citrus, the structure reminded me of the Last Date at the Citizen Public House. In the glass, Across the Pacific gave forth a lime and woody spice bouquet to the nose. Next, a creamy lime and caramel on the sip transversed into funky rum, herbal, and nutty flavors on the swallow.