pedro pan

1 oz Cihuatan Indigo 8 Year Rum (Planteray Mr. Fogg No. 1)
1 oz La Favorite VSOP Rhum Agricole (Rhum Clement)
1/2 oz Torino Vermouth (Cocchi)
1/2 oz Amaro Ramazzotti
1/4 oz Demerara Syrup
2 dash Lime Bitters (Scrappy's)

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with a lime hat (lime twist). Two Fridays ago, I returned to the online recipe flashcards for The Violet Hour in Chicago and happened upon the Pedro Pan from the Summer 2023 menu. It is most likely named after Operation Pedro Pan which was the historic 1960s airlift of unaccompanied Cuban children to the United States to avoid Communist indoctrination. Rum and Ramazzotti have paired well before in the Smooth Operator with sherry and the Idle Class with Madeira, so I was curious to see how it did with sweet vermouth. In the glass, the Pedro Pan lifted an aroma of lime, root beer, and caramel to the nose. Next, grape and caramel notes on the sip landed on grassy rum, root beer, herbal, and lime flavors on the swallow.