Day 67: 1492

  • 1 1/2 oz rye
  • 3/4 oz Campari
  • 3/4 oz Punt e Mes
  • 1 dash chocolate mole bitters
  • 1 dash orange bitters
  • pinch salt
  • lemon twist

When I’m not sure what to make for someone I’ve taken to asking what base liquor they want and then searching on Kindred. This came up when searching for rye and I was intrigued. I think the salt really makes this one.

Day 57: Shattered Glasser

  • 1 oz reposado tequila
  • 3/4 oz sweet vermouth
  • 1/2 oz mezcal
  • 1/2 oz batavia arrack
  • 1/4 oz allspice dram
  • 1/4 oz Bénédictine
  • 2 dashes chocolate mole bitters

I was heating up some leftovers of this amazing soup for dinner, so I decided to find a tequila drink to go with it. If you search for “tequila cocktails” most of what you get back is some kind of margarita. BORING. I looked in the Death & Co book and happened upon this, which was apparently made up on the spot when a regular asked for something using his favorite things. Well, to quote the book: “The problem was that he likes a lot of weird shit.”

This is definitely a weird, weird drink. I used Punt e Mes instead of Carpano as suggested, which may have made it slightly more bitter than advertised. Still, this was all over the place. Bitter, smoky, with a bit of a sweet chocolate after taste.