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Knotty Pine

1 oz Rum, Scarlet Ibis
1 1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, rocks, low-ball

Notes

Substitute 2:1 Barbancourt 5-star: Smith & Cross for the Scarlet Ibis

History

Original version: 1:1:1 Scarlet Ibis rum: Cynar: Zirbenz, dash homemade grapefruit bitters

Cocktail summary
Posted by Dan on
Created by
Andy Arrington, thirtyoneknots, eGullet, adapted by Dan Chadwick
Year
2010
Is an
altered recipe
Reference

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/57651-drinks/page__view__fin…

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User rating
3.5 stars
(13 ratings)
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  • Made with Don Q 151 rum and added 2 ds fee bros rhubarb bitters. Very good use of zirbenz and well balanced with cynar and rum - not too bitter, not too piney. Very nice!
  • Very bittter/hogo Lost the pine completely. Used the Smith & Cross / Babancourt substitution for Scarlet Ibis. Would use a sweeter rum + more Pine.
  • Would give it 3.5 stars if I could. Might try it with a sweeter rum, as someone else suggested. I like bitter, but tastes a little sharp as is.
  • Very innovative. The woody pine flavors are obvious, but not overpowering. The lemon blends the flavors and take a bit of the bit out of the bitter, while temperating the sweetness of the Cynar and liqueur. Great drink. — ★★★★
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Comments
Shawn C commented on 11/10/2022:

Haven't made this as specified, so I won't rate it. I have made the link referenced 1:1:1 w/ Angostura & Grapefruit bitters, and that is quite good, although bracingly cedar bitter in nature with some offsetting sweetness. The recipe for the cocktail provided here looks unbalanced by comparison. I don't see what the lemon juice would do other than make a bitter dominated cocktail astringently sour and unbalanced. I don't see how the acidity would work at all in this drink. In a sweet cocktail it would be a good call, but not here.