Upstairs at Campagnolo’s The Drink With No Name Cocktail

Roasty and rich.

Most Upstairs at Campagnolo bar regulars know that my favourite drinks are generally spirit-forward with minimal ingredients and garnish—drinks that could technically be replicated by others if needed. I’ve been playing with an elevated riff on a boulevardier as the centrepiece of our fall menu. It’s called The Drink With No Name because I’d been making it for a few weeks as a nameless dealer’s choice cocktail, and the running joke was that I’d never come up with a title for it. It’s a roasty, rich, intense drink for the fall and winter months.

El Bandarra Vermut is a Catalonian vermouth made with Macabeo and Xarel-lo grapes; bandarra is a Catalan expression that apparently means “beast” or “person without scruples.” Amaro Nardini is a deceptively simple amaro. Made by the world-class master of Italian grappa, its flavour profile with bitter orange, licorice, and mint notes is incredibly complex even though it contains only a few components.

Ingredients

1 ounce Buffalo Trace Bourbon

1 ounce El Bandarra Vermut

¾ ounce Amaro Nardini

4 drops Bittered Sling Arabica Coffee bitters (1 millilitre)

Method

Fill a cocktail mixing glass with ice.

Measure out all ingredients into the mixing glass and stir thoroughly.

Strain into a single (six-ounce) old fashioned cocktail glass.

Express the lemon oil from a twist of lemon rind over the drink.

Garnish with the lemon rind twist.

Let taste buds rejoice.


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October 15, 2018