1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy (Laird's Bonded if you have it)
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Amaro Meletti
1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Grenadine
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

While writing up the Clever Visual Metaphor (see my blog), I became inspired to craft a new drink using the spirit-amaro base supplemented by small amounts of Fernet and grenadine structure. Instead of the Bourbon in the Clever Visual Metaphor, I opted for a split of apple brandy and mezcal. And in place of the Ramazzotti, I tried a few amari before landing on Meletti. For what to call it, I went back to an old list of potential drink names (from a bar I worked at 2013-2015) and chose the Street of Crocodiles; that made the list from reading Bruno Schulz's 1934 short story when I was on a surrealist kick a while back that was amplified when I watched the Brothers Quay stop-motion animation short of the same name years later.

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Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Year
2024
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