Hell's Kitchen

Name: Hell's Kitchen
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: Straight rye whiskey (100 proof); Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo; Sweet vermouth; Amaro (e.g. Averna); Cherry bitters; Orange zest twist; Cocktail cherry

Rye whiskey stirred with a bittersweet orange-red aperitivo, sweet vermouth, and amaro, deepened with cherry bitters, then finished with an expressed orange twist and a kiss of cherry-wood smoke.

5 min Serves 1 ~28% ABV

Make

Ingredients

1.5 oz
0.5 oz
0.5 oz
0.25 oz
2 dash
(garnish)
(garnish)

Glassware: Old Fashioned glass

Ice: Large cube or block ice

Equipment: Mixing glass, Bar spoon

Steps

1Select and pre-chill an Old Fashioned glass.
2Prepare a garnish of orange zest twist.
3Stir the rye whiskey, bittersweet aperitivo, sweet vermouth, amaro, and cherry bitters with ice.
4Strain into the ice-filled glass, preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice.
5Express the orange zest twist over the cocktail and drop in a cocktail cherry.
6Smoke the drink, ideally with cherry wood, before serving.

Garnish: Expressed orange zest twist and a cocktail cherry, smoked with cherry wood

Story

Borrows its bitter backbone from the Negroni family and its spirit-forward base from the Manhattan -- a modern stirred original finished with a smoked garnish for a steakhouse-worthy twist.

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