rusty compass

1 1/2 oz Compass Box Peat Monster Scotch (1 oz Cutty Sark Prohibition + 1/2 oz Laphroaig 10 Year)
3/4 oz Drambuie
1/2 oz Cherry Heering

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with an orange twist. Two Wednesdays ago, I had spotted an online reference to the Rusty Compass and tracked it down to a Liquor-dot-com article. The recipe was created by Meaghan Dorman as a Rusty Nail meets a Blood and Sand. To my Instagram post, Meaghan replied, "Oooo vintage! This was for the Peat Monster launch." Various Scotch articles point to the Scotch being introduced in 2003 which was the year that Meaghan moved from being a bartender in New Haven, Connecticut, to working in Manhattan (although the launch party could have been a year or so later). In the glass, the Rusty Compass pointed towards orange and peat smoke aromas. Next, honey and dark fruit notes on the sip turned towards smoky Scotch, honey, and cherry flavors on the swallow.