Orchard Street
Stir with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with a lemon twist.
After having Death & Co. Denver's Five Points, I began to think about its similarities to the Carroll Gardens -- both maintained the combination of Punt e Mes and Amaro Nardini but had different base spirits and nutty accents. To make my own riff, I swapped the spirit to aged apple brandy, and for a nutty ingredient instead of Maraschino or walnut liqueur, I opted for an oxidized dry sherry. As I learned from the It's a Long, Long Way at Wit's End, a little bit of that sort of sherry goes quite a ways. The apple element made me think of Orchard Street in the Lower East Side in Manhattan that is less than a mile away from the Five Points neighborhood.
- Lilywhacker — Apple brandy, Sweet vermouth, Triple sec, Bitters
- Jet Pack — Apple brandy, Swedish Punsch, Aromatized wine, Mezcal, Amer Picon, Orange peel
- Orchard Keeper — Calvados, Bianco Vermouth, Honey syrup
- Cold Was The Ground — Apple brandy, Bourbon, Zucca, Pedro Ximénez Sherry, Bitters, Orange peel
- Eve's Temptation — Apple brandy, Sweet vermouth, Eau de vie of Douglas Fir, Averna, Lemon peel
For me the sherry is out of place.