The Exporter
Shake, strain, neat, twist.
- Good sour - used Jerry Thomas Decanter as sub for whiskey barrel. Combination tastes a lot like it has allspice dram - nice flavor, but I'm not sure that I taste the genever/becherovka/drambuie distinctly.
- Fairbanks Loan No. 2 — Gin, Pineapple rum, Aromatized wine, Cynar, Campari, Honey syrup, Lemon juice, Lime juice, Lemon zest
- Coney Island Baby — Genever, Cognac, Aquavit, Absinthe, Lemon juice, Orgeat, Orange flower water
- Cuckoo Bee — Drambuie, Gin, Lemon juice
- Strange Weaver — Añejo rum, Gin, Sweet vermouth, Campari, Orgeat, Lemon juice, Orange
- Transatlantic Mai Tai — Rye, Genever, Triple sec, Lime juice, Orgeat, Mint
Lovely composition. Refreshing
tasty but becherovka dominates and genever is hardly noticeable.
While I agree that the Genever is lost behind the rest of the drink as the recipe is written, it isn't the Becherovka that dominates from what I could tell. Instead, the Fee's Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters seem to impart more cinnamon and baking spice notes than the Becherovka. This is what I gleaned from mistakenly making the cocktail first with Fee's Walnut bitters (thanks to the Expatriot recipe being right above Exporter in "Drunk & Told"). When I remade it with the Whisky Barrel bitters the increase in cinnamon and other masking flavors was noticeable. With the Walnut there was still some slight malt to the body (but not much.)
Although the cocktail is good, I found it to be rather sweet, and I intend to knock the Drambuie down to 1/2 oz to see if the balance is better. At the same time I plan to increase the Genever by 1/4 or even 1/2 oz.