The Remedy

   1 oz Sazarac
.75 oz St. Germain
  .5 oz Yellow Chartreuse
.25 oz Fernet Branca

Grabbing a drink off of the cocktail virgin blog I went for The Remedy.  The drink interested me because I have been doing a lot of Rye drinks lately, and the addition of Fernet and Yellow Chartreuse seemed cool.

This one is pretty good.  It is surprising that I'm able to taste all of the ingredients and none of them clash with each other.  The nose on the drink is candied lemon peel and the sip starts on the same sweet lemon note.  After the lemon I'm hit w/ rye and the alcohol note.  This transitions into sweet liquors, mainly St Germain with some Yellow Chartreuse herbals notes in the background.  Finally the sip ends on a mellow menthol note from the Fernet that makes you wonder if it was there the whole time.

The only criticism I could have with this drink is that it is sugary.  Which is to be expected of something with that much Yellow Chartreuse and St. Germain.  Which is fine by me, you just have to be in the right mood.  The drink reminds me of a Sazarac, with the rye, lemon peel, sweet liquors and herbal notes.  Personally, I'll take this drink with Chartreuse / Fernet herbals over a Sazarac's Peychards / Absinthe.