slynx

1 1/2 oz Reposado Tequila (Cimarron)
1/2 oz Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy
1/2 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Pear Liqueur

Stir with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass pre-rinsed with mezcal (Peloton de la Muerte). Two Fridays ago, I spotted an adapted recipe on Difford's Guide called the Slynx by Phil Ward at Mayahuel in Manhattan. I tracked down a 2009 article for an unadapted one on Wine & Spirits Magazine. 2009 was also the year that we bought Rothman & Winter Orchard Pear and when Andrea used it in the Naughty Nanny, so perhaps it was the year that the liqueur reached the East Coast markets after the launch announcement in 2008. Tequila and pear liqueur have worked in stirred drinks like La Perla from 2005 and Out of Focus circa 2020, so I was curious to try Phil's take on it. Once mixed, the Slynx gave forth a wood smoke and vegetal aroma. Next, a semi-sweet apple and pear sip developed into vegetal and orchard fruit flavors on the swallow.