wagon train

1 1/2 oz Rye Whiskey (Old Overholt 86°)
1/2 oz Amontillado Sherry (Lustau)
3/8 oz Amaro Braulio
1 tsp Maple Syrup

Stir with ice, strain into an old fasioned glass with ice, and garnish with an orange twist. Two Sundays ago, I elected for The Madrusan Cocktail Companion book to guide the drink of the night, and in the Old Fashioned section, I spotted the Wagon Train by Matt Clark at Dutch Kills. To get an approximate date on the recipe, I found a mention of the drink in an October 2019 review on Yelp. I was drawn in for Braulio and maple worked rather well in the Thieves in the Night, and I added some maple to my Braulio-Sfumato Dead Man's Alley with good results. In the glass, the Wagon Train approached the nose with orange, nutty grape, maple, and pine aromas. Next, grape and maple notes on the sip were followed by rye, bitter herbal, pine, and nutty grape flavors on the swallow with a dry maple finish.