Shattered Glasser

1 oz Reposado Tequila, El Tesoro Reposado

1⁄2 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten

1⁄2 oz Mezcal, Los Amantes Joven

3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula

1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth

1⁄4 oz Bénédictine

1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole

1 Cherry (Laphroaig-soaked; flamed; as garnish)

Instructions

Stir, strain, up, garnish with a Laphroaig-soaked and flamed cherry, dropped in.

Cocktail summary

Created by

Phil Ward, Mayahuel, NYC.

Year

2008

Is an

authentic recipe

Reference

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/107674-batavia-arrack/?p=1609852

Curator

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Average

4.5 stars

(30 ratings)

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From other users

Same as Airbag — ★★★★★
Rich, nuanced, so much spiciness to pick apart. — ★★★★
Used Dolin SV, with a dash of Tuaca, as a lame sub for Antica, and couldn’t find the matches. Very “grounded” and complex flavors.
The Airbag
wow
Pepper, vanilla, chocolate, allspice, herbal depth, dunder, all beautifully integrated, smooth, and elegant. Wow.

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Comments

This was pretty good, but I used a newly opened bottle of Carpano and I thought it overpowered everything else (which is no easy task).

How do you flame a cherry though?

Presumably hold a flame under the Laphroaig-soaked cherry. I've never bothered with the flame, just the Scotch. I didn't find this as Carpano-heavy as you did, but I can definitely see how the vanilla could overpower even the bruisers (arrack, agave, allspice) in this drink.

I guess if you put the cherry on a stick it will be ok. I took a maraschino cherry, misted the top with Ardbeg, and called it a day.

Name updated from "Airbag" to how it appears in the Death & Co book, a nod to Avery Glasser, who inspired the drink.

It looks like an insane mish-mash but it really works. The way all the flavors are there to be almost-cerebrally picked apart like aurally picking out particular parts of an orchestra reminds me a bit of another improbable cocktail I found here, El Nacional.