For
the most part, I take my bourbon neat. It seems a shame to muck up great
bourbon with anything else.
Especially
when that bourbon is Red Hook’s Widow Jane.
But
the guys at Cacao Prieto have come up with an intriguing variation on the
classic cocktail, Blood In The Sand.
This drink is usually
equal parts Scotch, cherry brandy, sweet vermouth, and orange juice.
In
the version to be served at Brooklyn
Shaken & Stirred, the drink will be made with Punt e Mes vermouth, OJ,
orange zest and an outlier, Gran Classico.
This
Italian bitter, similar to Campari, (one of my favorite drinks) should add just
the right bitter note to the cocktail.
Hey,
we’re New Yorkers. We live in small homes and have rats in our playgrounds. We
have the right to be bitter.
And
if the drink overwhelms the bourbon, I think they are also offering unadorned
tastes.
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