Pleasure and Pain

1 3⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten
1⁄2 oz Walnut Liqueur, Nux Alpina
1⁄2 oz Branca Menta
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Cocktail summary
Created by
Misty Kalkofen, Brick & Mortar, Cambridge, MA
Year
2012
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(4 ratings)
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From other users
  • Out of Mentha so used Fernet Branca (a little skinny). Extremely strong flavors but solid. 3.5★
  • Sweet
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Comments

This is more of a dessert cocktail, but it is spicy, herbal, and minty and I like it. I can't really taste the batavia arrack behind the liqueurs; the branca menta and nux alpina dominate but I like them both and think they work quite well together.

I subbed my own homemade nocino for the Nux Alpina and am experiencing something very much like the way the rubber soles of new sneakers smell.

mako commented on 10/27/2020:

There's a lot of strong flavors in this drink. I feel like the Batavia Arrack is present, but it's understated.