The Mickey Spillane
By: Giancarlo Cairella
Published: Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 3:29pm

Ingredients




2 1/2 oz Tullamore Dew Irish Whisky
1 splash Aperol
1/4 ounce Punt e Mes sweet red vermouth
1 sugar cube
1 dash Pechaud bitters
Ice
Twist of orange

Preparation

1 Put a sugar cube in a lowball glass 2 Add a few drops of bitters until saturated. 3 Add a splash of Aperol and muddle at the bottom of the glass. 4 Fill glass with ice 5 Add 2 1/2 oz Tullamore Dew whisky and 1/4 oz of Punt e Mes. 6 Stir well with a cocktail spoon until sugar fully is dissolved. 7 Garnish with a twist of orange.

About


After many failed experiments over the course of several weeks, during which I selflessly followed the path set by Edward Jenner and used myself as a guinea pig, I have finally perfected my homemade cocktail recipe (which is a variation on the Old Fashioned and Manhattan whiskey-based cocktails). In the spirit of friendship and altruism that is common to all alcoholics, I have decided to make the world a better place and share it here so that everyone may enjoy it
Due to the combination of Italian liqueurs and Irish whisky, I decided to call this The Mickey Spillane (after the Hell's Kitchen mobster, not the novelist). 
Substitutions, if you are in a pinch:
If you don't have Tullamore Dew, use Powers or Bushmills
If you don't have Punt e Mes, use Martini e Rossi red vermouth
If you don't have Aperol, use Campari