for stardust and rust, excerpted from

 The Drink: Your Winter into Spring transitional cocktail

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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)

Stir over ice for 45 seconds.  Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish a real preserved cherry.  As I’ve noted before, good, fresh vermouth is essential.

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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?