1 oz Maraschino Liquor
1 oz Angostura Bitters
Grapefruit Twist
Stir the Bourbon, Maraschino and Angostura and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with the grapefruit twist.
Another recipe out of beta cocktails. I gotta admit, this book is amazing. The drinks don't use wildly difficult to find ingredients (no smoked ice or 1 use simple syrups), but the results are usually surprising. This is one of the surprising recipes.
I've been making a few heavy angostura drinks lately and while I enjoy them, they usually end up tasting the same, so the novelty was beginning to wear off. This one didn't taste like any of the other ones and has renewed my desire to try new Angostura recipes.
There wasn't a very noticeable smell, some citrus and allspice. As time went on a funky cherry became more prominent. The taste hits like a wallop. I used 107 proof bourbon so the drink started with a spicy burn on the lips and continued to spicy cinnamon and chocolate notes. My first thought was mexican hot chocolate (which may of been on my mind since I just made a batch of mexican hot chocolate cookies). Drink was real good, and I'm surprised I got more of a cinnamon taste from the Angostura instead of the allspice I have come to expect.
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