| 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.
From other users
- Pepper, vanilla, chocolate, allspice, herbal depth, dunder, all beautifully integrated, smooth, and elegant. Wow.
- wow
- The Airbag
- Rich, nuanced, so much spiciness to pick apart.
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5 Comments
This was pretty good, but I
Submitted by bza on
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
Submitted by DrunkLab on
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
Submitted by bza on
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
Submitted by DrunkLab on
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
Submitted by eSports Chaebol on
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.