The Mickey Spillane

Photo: Giancarlo Cairella

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

Put a sugar cube in a lowball glass

Add a few drops of bitters until saturated.

Add a splash of Aperol and muddle at the bottom of the glass.

Fill glass with ice

Add 2 1/2 oz Tullamore Dew whisky and 1/4 oz of Punt e Mes.

Stir well with a cocktail spoon until sugar fully is dissolved.

Garnish with a twist of orange.

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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