The Drink: Your Winter into Spring transitional cocktail
By Dappered Drinks Correspondent and Official Bartender Michael Bowers
...But what to drink as the weather turns again to tolerable? 50 degrees and drizzling isn’t weather for a dry gin martini, nor does it require the same fortifications as 10 degrees and snowing. During the months on either side of winter, I often find myself still drinking cocktails based on brown, brooding spirits, but mixed with lighter accompaniments. My favorite example is the Brooklyn... Light, herbal and a little bit floral, it’s the ideal cocktail for March—equal parts lion and lamb.
Brooklyn
- 2 oz. Rye Whiskey (preferably 100 proof)
- 1 oz. Dry vermouth
- .25 oz Luxardo Maraschino
- .25 oz Amer Picon (unless you live in France, you’ll have to sub Torani Amer or make your own)
. As I’ve noted before, good, fresh vermouth is essential.======
i don't know. just for fun. yesterday was in the high 70's, today we have a freeze warning. at least i'd like some lion and lamb in my pretty glass, please. please?
