99 to Life

A contest champion for Nick and an adventure of sorts to create, consider the ingredients list a treasure map and the resulting cocktail a treasure beyond measure. The ingredients can be found, each is critical to achieve the desired result, and the time you take will be well worth it. Sophisticated, complex, and astonishingly good, we think this might be the perfect sipping cocktail, preferably for quiet times with no thoughts of “rush” or “hurry” to cloud your thinking.

• Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon

• Carpano Antica Vermouth

• Giffard Banane du Brésil

• Lustau East India Solera Sherry

Combine equal parts over ice, strain and serve in a coupee glass.