Scotch

— No. 123 —

Hidden Charms

This cock­tail is named after one of my favorite Howl­in’ Wolf songs Hid­den Charms. It’s the Nux Wal­nut Liqueur, how­ev­er, that’s the hid­den charm in this recipe. It’s hard not to fall in love with the com­bi­na­tion of wal­nut and whisky. I usu­al­ly enjoy this smokey lit­tle trea­sure dur­ing the cold­er months, but don’t let that stop you from sip­ping one when sum­mer comes back around. Recipe 1 3/4 oz blend­ed scotch whisky 1/2 oz Carpano Anti­ca Sweet Ver­mouth 1/2 oz …

— No. 98 —

The Six Inch Gold Blade

One of my favorite speakeasy style cock­tail bars is The Franklin Mort­gage and Invest­ment Com­pa­ny in Philadel­phia. Their cock­tail menu is the best I have come across in my trav­els. Yup, I said it… the best. They even have a sec­tion in the menu quot­ing a Howl­in’ Wolf song called “I asked for water and she gave me gaso­line.” The menu is very coura­geous and their exe­cu­tion and style is flaw­less. A few of their cock­tails are fea­tured in this mod­ern cock­tail …

— No. 42 —

The Salinger

2 1/2 oz Saz­er­ac Rye Whiskey 1/2 oz cin­na­mon sim­ple syrup Splash of Caol Ila Maple syrup foam Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cock­tail glass. Top with a maple syrup foam. Maple syrup foam recipe 8 oz water 5 oz maple syrup 1 oz lemon juice 5 egg whites Charge with N2O in a ISI whip cream can­is­ter. Refrig­er­ate for at least an hour before using. Recipe by Josh Sul­li­van and Paul Palom­bo.