city to city

3/4 oz Scotch (Famous Grouse)
3/4 oz Islay Scoth (Ardbeg 10 Year)
1/2 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Coffee Liqueur (Borghetti)
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth (Alessio)

Stir with ice, strain into a Nick & Nora (coupe) glass, and garnish with an orange twist. Two Thursdays ago, the second drink I made was one that I found on my Instagram feed as posted by my friend Daniel Zajic called the City to City. The recipe was crafted by Tom Lasher-Walker at Fresh Kills in Brooklyn as a riff on Sasha Petraske's Migration and named after Gerry Rafferty's 1978 album. I learned of the Migration through Tom's other riff, the rum-based Transmigration, that also utilized the coffee element not found in Sasha's drink. Once prepared, City to City gave forth an orange, smoke, and coffee aroma. Next, roast, grape, and caramel notes on the sip traveled to smoky Scotch, herbal, and coffee flavors on the swallow.