Tonight I made a Mustache Ride, a Lion's Tail riff from Brad Thomas Parson's Amaro book.
- 1 1/2 oz. Bulleit bourbon (4 Roses)
- 1/2 oz. Cynar
- 3/4 oz. lemon
- 1/2 oz. "Joey Sunshine's Maple Simple Syrup" (1/3 oz. maple syrup)
- 1/2 oz. St. Elizabeth allspice dram (homemade)
- cherry and lemon twist garnish
Flavors work together well, though there's no question that the allspice dram is the boss. The sweetener is supposed to be this complicated maple syrup syrup with black peppercorns, fennel seeds, cloves, allspice berries, cloves, nutmeg, star anise, and bay leaf. Sounds delish but I have my suspicions that in this drink those extra flavors would be either redundant with, or blown away by, the pimento dram.
