Charitable Figure
Stir with ice, strain into cocktail glass. Optional garnish with cocktail skewer of dried mission fig, smoked gouda cheese, and Luxardo cherry.
The garnish is optional, but a small piece of smoked gouda enhances the fig aroma in the drink. A brandied cherry works well with or without the cheese, and a dried mission fig opposite the cherry can complete the presentation.
The Brucato Woodlands has a pleasant fig character that works well in a black Manhattan/boulevardier fusion. The cherry in the wine based Maurin quina complements the fig.
The combination of cherry and fig made "charitable" and "figure" pop into my head. I thought of a friend and local philanthropist and arrived at the name.
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