No entries to the March contest so no winner. For April our ingredient challenge comes from @neptune@dmv.social,winner of the February challenge who suggested Cynar, Artichoke April.
The rules are few. At least 3 ingredients, must be (as far as you can tell) a novel drink or novel variation on a known cocktail. Winner is most upvoted, any downvotes are discarded.
Post requirements: A picture, a recipe including measurements and directions, and a reaction - how was it? What does it taste like, mouth feel, anything you notice when drinking it.
(Removing the requirement for a picture as nobody is including one and Lemmy sometimes fights them).
I tried a Vieux Carre with cynar swapped for the sweet vermouth. It was very vegetal and bitter. So I tried again.
Stirred on ice:
1oz cognac, 1oz rye, 1/2oz cynar, 1/2 oz sweet vermouth, 1/4 oz cointreau
Poured on a cube with an express orange peel.
Its pretty good. I’m a fan of cutting rye back 50% with cognac, in a lot of cocktails. I’d run out of orange bitter but 1/4oz cointreau is a decent replacement in this context. A little spicy. Very herbal and bitter. And orange to round it out.
Timely. I was just today thinking of whiskey and pineapple juice and also decided to half and half with cognac! Nothing as boozy as this (Wednesday is a work night for me) just 0.5oz of each in 2oz juice but still, that combination is so nice.