Death & Company · 2014

Deadpan

Created by Alex Day at Death & Company, 2014 · Recipe from Cocktail Codex · Added by @alex

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Base: Brandy
Method: Stirred
Served: Large ice cube
Glass: Old Fashioned

Ingredients

1 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac
1 oz sesame-infused rum
¹₄ oz Lustau East India Solera Sherry
¹₄ oz Giffard Vanille de Madagascar Vanilla Liqueur
1 dash The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas' Bitters
1 orange twist as garnish

Method

Stir all ingredients over ice
Strain into Old-Fashioned glass over one large ice cube
Express orange twist over drink, rub around the glass rim, and place into drink

Background

"...as rich and decadent as an Old-Fashioned gets, but there's not a drop of sugar syrup in it." - Cocktail Codex

The sweetness instead comes from the raisiny sherry and vanilla liqueur, which balance out the nutty Cognac and sesame seed-infused rum. The bitters ties it all togethter.

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