job's lament

1 oz Fernet Branca (*)
1/2 oz Amaro di Angostura
1/2 oz Wild Turkey 101° Rye (Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz Demerara Syrup
4 drop Scrappy's Cardamom Bitters (1 dash Bitter Housewife)
1 grip Mint (8 leaf)

Muddle mint leaves in a Julep cup, add the rest of the ingredients and crushed ice, swizzle to mix and chill, top with crushed ice, and garnish with a mint bouquet.
(*) Originally created with Fernet Vallet but it became unavailable. The Yelp menu photo has it as Branca. Two Thursdays prior, I ventured back to the online recipe flashcards from the Patterson House in Nashville and selected the Job's Lament especially since my mint was finally back up to speed. I was able to find a Yelp menu photo with the drink from February 2022, and it joins the other two laments on the blog, namely the Mayor's Lament and my Piglet's Lament (as a riff on Eeyore's Requiem). Overall, the recipe reminded me of Giuseppe Gonzalez's Magic Julep except with Amaro di Angostura and rye whiskey in place of Guiseppe's full ounce slug of Angostura Bitters. Once built, the Job's Lament proffered a mint aroma. Next, caramel from the two amari filled the sip, and the swallow rounded things up with minty, menthol, allspice, and clove flavors.