You can always tell which cocktail book I happen to be
reading. Currently it’s the NoMad
Cocktail Book by Leo Robitschek, which won the James Beard Book Award in 2020
in the Beverage With Recipes category.
So it’s good, is what I’m saying.
This drink was created by Alisa Bobcat Rabovsky, a former bartender at
NoMad who now does event planning for a participatory art group. Seems like a
cool person, is what I’m also saying.
The Rock and a Hard Place is a variation on a Perfect Manhattan
(“perfect” meaning that it’s got equal parts sweet and dry vermouth). Here that’s augmented by the caramelized
sugar and citrus notes of Amaro Nonino and the nutty combination of walnut
liqueur and walnut bitters. The walnut
comes through clearly but doesn’t overwhelm the rest of the flavors, and the
edges of the vermouth are rounded off.
It’s not highly complex, but there are some terrific subtleties to be
found here.
Recipe
0.5 oz Dolin dry vermouth
0.5 oz Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
0.5 oz Amaro Nonino
1 teaspoon Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
2 dashes Fee Brothers Black Walnut bitters
-stir ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass. No garnish.
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