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A Spontaneous Libation for your Consideration

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Created and posted by yarm.
1 1⁄2 oz Scotch
3⁄4 oz Port (Tawny or Ruby)
3⁄8 oz Zucca (Or Sfumato)
3⁄8 oz Campari
2 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

Originally made 1.5 / .5 / .5 / .5 which was delightfully bitter. I figured that upping the port and/or decreasing the amari would make it agreeable to more people. My other recipe idea was 2 / .5 / .25 / .25 which would make for a drier drink.

History

I had been thinking about how well Campari and rabarbaro (such as Zucca and Sfumato) can join forces to make a complex bitter. Since Scotch and rabarbaro pair so well in drinks like the Caustic Negroni, I began to think about classic whisky cocktails and ended up on the port-containing Chancellor from the 1956 Esquire Drink book. With Phil Ward's Baltasar and Blimunda (a Negroni of sorts with port) in mind, I altered the Chancellor to include these two amari. For a name, I kept with the academic theme that runs in Chancellor-like drinks.

Curator rating
5 stars
Average rating
4 stars
(8 ratings)

From the Knowledge Vault

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Recent Discussion

  • Re Suze Tonic, 17 hours 8 minutes ago drinkingandthinking commented:

    Suze is a hard sell for most people, but this one shines!

  • Re Rooster-Tail, 3 days ago drinkingandthinking commented:

    I see why this has 5 stars! Perfectly integrated and refreshing but with depth.

  • Re Tuxedo, 5 days ago Shawn C commented:

    Kindred Cocktails member joshlh has contributed his own special calls for this one, referring to it as "Maturin", using Gin Mare, Manzanilla sherry, Regan's orange bitters, with 4 drops of saline, and lemon twist.

  • Re Tuxedo Cocktail (Harry Johnson), 6 days ago Shawn C commented:

    I am going to curate this to correct the reference and year. Harry Johnson's Bartender Manual didn't have 267 pages until 1900 revised edition, so the 1882 year is wrong, and this is from the 1900 edition. This makes sense with Wondrich's 2007 statement about the Tuxedo Club (est. 1886) being the origin of the cocktail, and to a different spec. I will also change for format for noting extra dashes.

  • Re Xocula, 1 week ago Artur B commented:

    Nice but little too sweet.