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100 Year Old Cigar

Nightcap/sipping · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

4.5 249 ratings

Ingredients

1/12 oz Absinthe
1 2/3 oz Aged rum (6-10yr)
1/2 oz Bénédictine D.O.M.
1/2 oz Cynar/carciofo amaro
1/6 oz Peated malt whisky
1 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 No garnish to prepare.

Method

  1. 3 RINSE chilled glass with absinthe (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.
  2. 4 STIR other ingredients with ice.
  3. 5 STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

  1. 6 Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour profile

29.1% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks · 235 calories

History

Stirred and spirit-forward, suitable for late-night sipping. Serving on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass broadens its appeal; either way, it is cigar-like and complements a cigar.

This cocktail was developed in 2015/6 by bartender Maks Pazuniak during his tenure at The Counting Room in Brooklyn, New York City. Maks later brought the drink with him when he opened the Jupiter Disco Bar in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood in 2016, alongside business partner Al Sotack. Maks' original recipe, intended for a Nick & Nora glass, was as follows:   1¾ oz Ron Zacapa No. 23   ½ oz Cynar   ½ oz Bénédictine   ¼ oz Laphroaig 10-Year Single Malt Islay Whisky   1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters   ¼ oz absinthe (to rinse glass with excess discarded) The "100 Year Old Cigar" was first published in Carey Jones' 2016 book, Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits.

Created by Maksym 'Maks' Pazuniak