saint's gallery

1 1/2 oz Carpano Bianco Vermouth (Vermouth Servito)
3/4 oz The Famous Grouse Smoky Black
1/2 oz Benedictine

Stir with ice and strain into a 5 1/2 oz coupe glass pre-rinsed with Herbsaint. Two Fridays ago, I reached for my copy of Julep: Southern Cocktails Refashioned by Alba Huerta and Marah Strets and found the Saint's Gallery in its pages. A blog post puts this at Julep in Houston circa 2019. Overall, it appeared like an inverse Bobby Burns of sorts, so I was curious. Once prepared, the Saint's Gallery hung an anise, Scotch, and herbal bouquet on the nose. Next, a semi-sweet white wine sip developed into smoky Scotch and herbal flavors on the swallow, and it was akin to a Scotchy Chrysanthemum with a little New Orleans flare.