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A Spontaneous Libation for your Consideration

Explorer's Dream

Created and posted by yarm.
3⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack
3⁄4 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Absinthe (I utilized 20 drops St. George)
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a punch cup, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

Smoke and funk accented by chocolate, mint, and anise flavors.

History

I had recently tried the Dead Poet from Imbibe Magazine and kept thinking about the Poet's Dream. I honed in on Batavia Arrack for some reason that night; mezcal and Batavia Arrack have worked well in drinks like the Smoking Jet Pilot, Airbag, and Esmino's Escape, so things progressed in that route.

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Recent Discussion

  • Re Mexican Necromancer, 7 hours ago yarm commented:

    This is a level up in complexity from the Mercy, Mercy!

  • Re Eve's Vacation, 4 days ago Shawn C commented:

    The cocktail itself is brilliant. I used my own pomegranate grenadine syrup (had some particularly dark and intense aryls for this batch) and a fresh lime off the tree. The pomegranate was a great pairing with the fig which can be a bit intense if not properly mated. The Strega provides some slight mint/alpine herbal and bolsters the anise in the Mahia. The bitters provide a slight chili heat to the finish.

  • Re Eve's Vacation, 4 days ago Shawn C commented:

    Curated to list Mahia by Nahmias et Fils as a brand and change ingredient above from "fig" to fig liqueur. Fig liqueur was already listed as an ingredient but with the same specs as a creme de figue (low proof, sweet.) I have modified the listing for fig liqueur to be 80 proof, only moderately sweet, and including some herbal.

  • Re Naked and Famous, 4 days ago mako commented:

    A new classic. I had a variation called Naked and Infamous (a common name) at Protocol in Amherst, MA that subbed Liquore Strega for Yellow Charteuse. Very good a nice option for these relatively Charteuse-starved times.

  • I saw the name and immediately knew who created it ;) wonderful smoky aroma but sweet and bitter on the tongue.