All Saints

• Description

  A New Orleans–style build: Bonded rye, Cognac, Italian vermouth, Benedictine, maraschino liqueur, caramelized Pernod and Angostura, cherry eau de vie, and a whisper of expressed lemon oil. Bold, layered, and built for cool weather nights.

• Specs

  • 2 oz Wild Turkey Rye 101

  • 0.5 oz Cognac

  • 0.75 oz Dolin Rouge (Sweet Vermouth)

  • 1 bsp Bénédictine

  • 1 bsp Maraschino liqueur

  • 5 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters

• Build

  1. Rinse & flame: Spray inside of chilled coupe with absinthe, briefly ignite (“fire spray”), set aside to rest.

  2. Stir: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with cubed ice. Stir until properly chilled and diluted (~25–30 sec).

  3. Finish: Express lemon peel over cocktail (“lemon gloss”) and discard.

  4. Strain: Into absinthe-prepared coupe.

  5. Garnish: Skewer or drop Luxardo cherry.

• Notes

  Glass – Chilled coupe

  Ice – Cubed (for stirring)

  Garnish – Luxardo cherry

  Style – Stirred, spirit-forward