lips of an angel

1 1/4 oz Angel's Envy Bourbon
3/4 oz Bacardi 8 Year Rum
3/4 oz Dolin Sweet Vermouth
1/4 oz Giffard Passion Fruit Liqueur
1/8 oz Honey Syrup (2:1)
1 - 1 1/2 dash Angostura Bitters (3 decanter dashes)
3 drop Saline

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with orange oil from a twist. I had traded bar shifts two Wednesdays ago and had the day free, so I stopped into Backbar for a drink. There, I asked bartender Liz Pittari for the Lips of an Angel off of the Mix Tape Volume 3 menu. This tribute created by bartender Jesse Lane to the 2005 Hinder song was subtitled "You'll wanna kiss this Vieux Carré" (well, there was a word heavily crossed out before the word kiss, but I will stick with kiss). Here, the Lips of an Angel was perfumed with an orange and tropical perfume. Next, grape and honey notes on the sip pouted for Bourbon, rum, and candied passion fruit flavors on the swallow.