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100-Year-Old Cigar (Rum, Scotch, and Cynar Cocktail) Recipe

Maggie Hoffman
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100-Year-Old Cigar (Rum, Scotch, and Cynar Cocktail) Recipe

[Photograph: Vicky Wasik]

If you gravitate toward stirred, brown spirit–focused drinks, you'll love this cocktail. Created by Maks Pazuniak at Jupiter Disco in Bushwick, and featured in Brooklyn Bartender by Carey Jones, it starts with rich aged rum. Honeyed Bénédictine adds sweetness and an herbal character that's boosted with a rinse of anise-y absinthe. But the key to this drink's savory side is a mix of vegetal, bittersweet Cynar and peaty, smoky Laphroaig Scotch.

Read more: 3 Great Cocktails From Brooklyn Bartender, Your New Drinks Bible

  • Yield:Makes 1 cocktail
  • Active time: 3 minutes
  • Total time:6 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 ounces (50ml) aged rum, such as Ron Zacapa 23
  • 1/2 ounce (15ml) Cynar
  • 1/2 ounce (15ml) Bénédictine
  • 1/4 ounce (10ml) peaty Scotch, such as Laphroaig
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • 1/4 ounce (10ml) absinthe

Directions

  1. 1.

    Chill a cocktail coupe.

  2. 2.

    Add rum, Cynar, Bénédictine, Scotch, and bitters to a mixing glass, then fill with ice. Stir until well chilled, about 30 seconds.

  3. 3.

    Rinse chilled cocktail coupe with absinthe, discarding excess. Strain cocktail into rinsed glass and serve immediately.

This Recipe Appears In
3 Great Cocktails From Brooklyn Bartender, Your New Drinks Bible

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