Duboudreau, Too

Earlier, I wrote that The Duboudreau Cocktail (PDT, page 110), that which is eight parts rye, three parts Dubonnet Rouge, one part Fernet-Branca and one part Elderflower liqueur. We didn’t have Fernet-Branca before, mostly because it’s expensive, but when I went to the store today it was so high up on the shelf and the font on the price tag so small that I went for it. I think it sold for $30 something. I remember reading that people absolutely hate it on its own. It smells pretty intense; I never drink these on their own because I never do. There’s a quote in this piece on five Fernet-Branca cocktails that calls it “mouthwash with delusions of grandeur.”

Anyway, last time we substituted Cynar for it, which was good. This was also very good, although it tastes a little fucked up at first — at least to the point where Jen was like, “What is this, it’s weird.”