Aaron Ginn

The vermouth really makes this drink. You can use any blended scotch, but if you use a quality vermouth like CA you have a winner.

Monkey Shoulder with Carpano Antica. Add a couple of dashes of Ango bitters and garnish with a Luxardo cherry. This has become my cocktail of choice.

Dolin tastes better and its about the same price.

I prefer darker rums in my Daiquiri. My current recipe is a riff on the Smuggler's Cove Daiquiri #1:

1.5 oz Appleton Signature Rum
0.5 oz Hamilton 151 Overproof Rum
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz 2:1 Demerara Syrup

I could drink this cocktail exclusively for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy.