Steven

Very nice work, Simon.

Paired with popcorn and IT Chapter 2.

I purchased a bottle of Crème De Casis De Dijon and the experimentation has begun.

This is lovely. Lot 40 Rye and Taynton Bay Orange bitters (shoutout to Invermere BC). Had no Campari-Style liqueur so I had to resort to Campari.

Agree with Caspian that this could serve as a digestif or an aperitif.

Agreed. Though, I enjoyed it much more than a vesper.

I tried both with and without the vodka (ok… I made it without vodka, then had a sip, and then added the vodka), and I think you could make the case for either depending on how much you like peat. I also upped the peat to 1/4oz. I just assumed 1/6 was some sort of type-o, or perhaps an accommodation for someone with unfathomably short arms such that they could not hold their whiskey bottle to pour a sufficient amount.

I suppose if you don’t like peat then a little vodka and gin isn’t going to address that.

I also did not have the bitters (I swear every cocktail I look at calls for Difford’s daiquiri bitters!) but absolutely do not let that stop you. Fantastic cocktail.