Exit Strategy

 

Story:

The Exit Strategy was concocted by Natasha David, head bartender at the New York bar Nitecap, as something to serve her fellow bartenders post-shift.  She wanted to create a “rich and luscious, almost caramel-like old-fashioned using some of the bartenders’ favorite ingredients.”  I think that’s a great description.  It’s not too boozy, so it makes a fine weeknight sipper.  Nitecap closed in late 2020, a victim of the COVID shutdown, which is too bad because it looked amazing.  Fortunately, Natasha landed on her feet with a cocktail recipe book and a cocktail consultancy company.  Not bad at all.

Recipe:

1.5 oz Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
0.75 oz brandy
0.25 oz Amaro Meletti
pinch of kosher salt (or sea salt)

orange twist

-add ingredients mixing glass with ice; stir until chilled
-strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube
-garnish with orange twist