The Arsonist
The Aviary's spirit in a glass — mezcal, Scotch, amaro, mole bitters, and charred wood bitters all in one spec. A drink that earns its dramatic name: complex, dark, and deliberately destructive of your expectations.
Served in a nick and nora glass · Garnish: Expressed orange peel · Difficulty: medium
Ingredients
- 1 oz Mezcal (Vida)
- 0.75 oz Peated Scotch (Ardbeg)
- 0.5 oz Amaro Averna
- 0.25 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 2 dashes Mole Bitters
- 2 dashes Charred Wood Bitters
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir slowly for 40 seconds — every second matters here.
- Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora.
- Garnish with an expressed orange peel and a single drop of smoking mezcal on the surface, left to evaporate.