Name: Blue Collar Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml rye whiskey; 15 ml sweet vermouth; 7 ml Amer Picon (see note); 7 ml maraschino syrup (see note); 2 dashes orange bitters; To fill: ice cubes; To serve: lemon peel

“This drink is a delicious mistake which occurred when I accidentally mixed the recipes for a Liberal and a Brooklyn at Milk & Honey in New York back in 2008,” says The Everleigh co-owner Michael Madrusan.

Ingredients

60 ml rye whiskey

15 ml sweet vermouth

7 ml Amer Picon (see note)

7 ml maraschino syrup (see note)

2 dashes orange bitters

To fill: ice cubes

To serve: lemon peel

Method

Main

1.Add ingredients (except lemon peel) to a chilled mixing glass, stir for at least 40 seconds to combine and thoroughly chill. Taste for balance, strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with a lemon twist and serve.

Note Amer Picon is a bittersweet orange-flavoured French apéritif available from select bottle shops. For maraschino syrup, mix equal parts sugar syrup and maraschino liqueur.
Notes