The Drink of Insignificance

1 1⁄2 oz Cynar

1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse

2⁄3 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes (A heavy 1/2+ oz, I typed 5/8 oz but the database forced 2/3 oz)

3⁄8 oz Maraschino Liqueur (A light 1/2- oz)

3 ds Bitters, Angostura

1 Cherry (As garnish)

Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a cherry.

Notes

This was too aggressively Maraschino at 1/2 oz each Punt e Mes and Maraschino and too light at 3/4 oz Punt e Mes and 1/4 oz Maraschino. So perhaps 5/8 oz Punt e Mes and 3/8 oz Maraschino is a solid midpoint.

History

I was inspired by the Daiquiri-esque The Drink of Laughter and Forgetting (served to me at Cure in New Orleans in 2011 and that I make for folks at work) to see if its 3 parts Cynar to 1 part Green Chartreuse base would work in a Manhattan. I had previously used the duo as the support to base spirits in the Up Jumped the Devil and the Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck, but here I wanted to use them as the base again. For the support, I focused on the Punt e Mes-Maraschino combination of the Red Hook. For a name, since there was already a Milan Kundera book title connection with The Drink of Laughter and Forgetting, I likewise dubbed this The Drink of Insignificance.

Cocktail summary

Created by

Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA

Year

2022

Is the

author's original creation

Reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-drink-of-insignificance…

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