In Left Coast Libations page 33, this and Old Bill are attributed to Neyah White and not Joel Baker (who is the two pages before this with The Matador and Pear Sonata).

Thanks, curated to correct creator.

While Neyah was at Bourbon & Branch, it probably coincides with his later time at Nopa (2006-10) since Genever was hard to source before Bols launched their product in America circa 2007-08.

I wondered if the bar would be the same, and assumed it was sometime between ~2008 and 2010 coinciding with Bols US genever launch. I have changed it to just San Francisco since the establishment of origin is not...established.

That's fair since the book didn't list his place of work in the bio page opposite the two drink recipes. I believe that he had just left NOPA when it was published, but his LinkedIn only had NOPA down during the possible years after the launch and before publication.

Go a very small bit skosh on the lemon - it dominates slightly.

Nice but my Sloe Gin--"DuBouchett" is a little sweet in the mix. I found 1 oz bourbon helped tone done my sloe gin-

I enjoyed this as an after dinner sipper. Some dilution from the ice is good.  

I agree with a previous commenter, I found this a bit less interesting than the ingredients might suggest (and these ingredients are right in my wheelhouse).  In fairness I used Bittermens mole bitters instead of the Aphrodite, but they're reasonably close.  And while no brand was specified for the coffee liqueur, I used St. George's NOLA coffee liqueur.

I also found it to have a vague milk chocolate note but to otherwise be a pretty standard split base old fashioned, and I wasn't really able to pull apart the individual flavor strings of the various modifiers like I had hoped.  It was certainly pleasant, balanced and eminently drinkable, if not particularly memorable.

What type of Scotch did you use in this? Highland? Islay? I tried it with Pig's nose and really enjoyed it. Just curious, thanks!

What does it mean when (fat) is after the peel or twist?

When describing a twist, "fat" means to use a larger percentage of the width of a vegetable peeler to remove a strip of the peel. Thanks,  Zachary

A bit unbalanced (made to spec). I'd consider doing equal ratios mezcal/tequila, to give the mezcal/smoke some additional room to shine.

Tried as original, subbed out agave for orgeat. Muddled a slice of blood orange and like it better this way.