the blade runner

1 1/2 oz Bourbon (Evan Williams Bonded)
3/4 oz Luxardo Amaro Abano
1/2 oz Hamilton Jamaican Rum (1/4 oz Smith & Cross + 1/4 oz Appleton 8 Year)
1/2 oz Carpano Bianco Vermouth (Servito)
2 dash Bitter Cube Cherry Bark-Vanilla Bitters (1 dash King Floyd's Cherry-Cacao + 1 dash Savoy Society Orange-Vanilla)

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe, and garnish with several drops of apple-infused olive oil (7 drop Dashfire Spiced Apple Bitters). Two Mondays ago, I reached for the Pittsburgh Drinks book which I had only utilized once before years ago with the Brooklyn Bridge. There, I spotted the Blade Runner by Fred Sarkis that I passed over years ago for I lacked Amaro Abano at home until 2022. Fred was inspired by the idea of what the detective-bounty hunter in Ridley Scott's movie would drink, and he commented on my Instagram post, "I always feel like the harden detectives in works of fiction would drink something stirred, brown, and bitter." Amaro Abano and Bourbon did work well together in a stirred drink before, namely the Forgetful Elephant (and a few others where the amaro was a minor component), so I was curious to give my best Voight-Kampff test of it. Once prepared, the Blade Runner conjured forth a caramel, rum funk, and apple aroma. Next, caramel and hints of molasses on the sip ventured into Bourbon, peppery, herbal, and rum funk flavors on the swallow.