The Reluctant Saint

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Byrrh
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄4 oz Crème de Cacao
1 ds Absinthe (I utilized 20 drops St. George)
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass with a large cube or into a cocktail coupe (*), and garnish with an orange twist.

(*) The drink seemed to fall apart as it diluted so perhaps a warm drink would be preferable than a wet one over time. The recipe was also based off of a room temperature drink, so perhaps up is best.

Notes

Dark cherry, grape, smoky vegetal, chocolate-orange, and quinine-tinged bitter.

History

After entering my Ask the Dust into this database, the combination was still on my mind. I moved that room temperature Scaffa closer to a Mezcal Negroni. While the proportions changed, I did remove the Angostura Bitters and added a slug of Campari in its place. For a name, I took the John Fante theme of the inspiration and named it after one of his screen plays, The Reluctant Saint.

Yields Drink
Year
2019
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-reluctant-saint.html

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4 stars
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  • Quite nice and different. Did not stir with ice, just added 1 regular ice cube to the drink. Will make it again. — ★★★★★
  • Served it up.
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Biff Malibu commented on 11/29/2021:

Lots of complexity - subbing in Luxardo Bitter for Campari did not detract.

Another Time

1 1⁄2 oz Dark rum, Gosling's
1 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Coconut cream
1 bsp Cane syrup
Instructions

Shake, strain, lime wheel garnish

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Riley Perrin, Attaboy Nashville
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtN6YVMAwXY

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Shawn C commented on 2/28/2024:

Interestingly, the video notes that Riley Perrin's original cocktail called for "Coconut syrup", and what the Educated Barfly actually makes is a sweetened coconut product better described as either a coconut syrup or cream of coconut, rather than coconut cream (which is unsweetened). But he gets the "coconut cream" moniker from Martin Cate (Smuggler's Cove.) I'm putting this comment here as a placeholder while we wrestle with the coconut cream vs. cream of coconut classifications.

2020 is coming

1 1⁄4 oz Clairin, Sajous
1⁄2 oz Mirto
1⁄3 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄4 oz Amer Picon
3⁄4 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig
Instructions

Stir in rock glass with ice, serve.

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2019
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1⁄8 oz Absinthe
2 ds Lemon bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

My 33rd Anniversary is this week.

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2019
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Carl N.
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3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
Instructions

Stir, strain, cocktail glass. Optional lemon twist garnish.

Notes

I wanted to tie the dry, salty notes of Manzanilla sherry to mildly spicy Ancho Reyes. Dry vermouth proved a good matchmaker, so this is kind of a weird martini variant.

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2019
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AJ Vanderhorst
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Didn't work for me. Perhaps need a better sherry? Also, I used the green Ancho Reyes which I generally like better.

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1 oz Amaro, BroVo (Peter Kim)
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1 ds Celery bitters, Scrappy's
5 dr Scarborough Bitters, Bittermens
1 sli Cucumber (Garnish)
Instructions

Stir (I do a lower stir count, say 40 revolutions as some of the ingredients are somewhat light), strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

History

Named after the Chicago hot dog assembly method

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2019
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Source reference

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