Lady Midnight

1 1⁄2 oz Calvados (Or another style of aged apple brandy)

1 oz Sweet vermouth

3⁄8 oz Bénédictine

1⁄8 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse

1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole

1 part Cherry (As garnish)

Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a cherry.

History

For a drink of the day at Loyal Nine in 2016, I decided to do a Marconi Wireless riff to greet the autumn air. For modifiers to the Calvados and sweet vermouth base, I added Benedictine perhaps inspired by the Widow's Kiss and a touch of Green Chartreuse like a Marconi Wireless riff that I was served at Coppa. To bring out the darker notes in Benedictine, I embittered the mix with chocolate bitters. For a name, I tried to capture this fleeting but dark nature with a Leonard Cohen song title, Lady Midnight.

Cocktail summary

Created by

Frederic Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA

Year

2016

Is the

author's original creation

Reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2016/10/lady-midnight.html

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