Lost in the Supermarket

3⁄4 oz Scotch (Preferably a smoky Islay like Laphroaig 10)
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy (Aged like Laird's Bonded)
1⁄2 oz Drambuie
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Campari
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

When I was writing up the Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.'s Lonely Holiday for the blog, I recalled how I taught a co-worker a few days before about Phil Ward's Cornwall Negroni. Soon, I plotted out a mashup of the two concepts. I kept with the Franklin's song title drink names and dubbed this after the Clash's Lost in the Supermarket.

Cocktail summary
Posted by yarm on
Created by
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Year
2023
Is the
author's original creation
Reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/06/lost-in-supermarket.html

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(3 ratings)
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Comments

This one grew on me as I sipped it, which added another half star, bumping to a 5--I really wish we had a 10 point scale since the gap from 4 to 5 can seem more significant than it really is. There is a lot going on in this drink and the Laphroaig 10 yr sets just the right peat note to make it all work together. The cocktail is rich in sweetness and flavor up front, balanced by the peat, and backed by extended orange & grapefruit bitterness. The apple is there in the background and there is some rich wine flavor from the vermouth/amaro. I am not sure where one flavor ends and the other begins, but like a restock grocery run during the worst of the pandemic, there is a lot to unpack.