All the Difference

Stir with ice:

1.25 oz rye whiskey

1.25 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Boulevardier

Stir with ice:

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

1 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti

1 oz rye whiskey

Strain into double rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with an orange peel.

Cap & Coke

Build in a tall glass filled with ice:

2 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

4 oz Coca Cola (preferably from Mexico)

2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Core Reviver

Shake with ice:

0.75 oz Blended Scotch

0.75 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinqina

0.75 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Peach

0.75 oz lemon juice

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a cherry.

Dominoes in December

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz The Scarlet Ibis Trinidad Rum

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

Garnish with an orange peel.

Dreyfus

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

1 dash Angostura Bitters

1 dash orange bitters

 

Eastbound and Round

Build in a double rocks glass:

1 large lump of ice

1.5 oz Timbal Vermut de Reus Sweet Red

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

Stir to combine.

Garnish with an orange peel.

Firestarter

Build in a flute:

2.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina, chilled

0.5 oz Dolin Génépy le Chamois Liqueur

The Hammer

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

1.25 oz bourbon

0.25 oz KRONAN Swedish Punsch

2 dashes orange bitters

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with an orange twist.

 

Man on a Wire

(John Dempster, Portland, OR)

Dry shake:

2 oz blanco tequila

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

0.75 oz demerara syrup

0.75 oz lime

1 egg white

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe.

Mist with Amaro Sfumato Rababaro.

Mattei Rouge Spritz

Build in a double rocks glass with ice:

2 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

2 oz club soda or tonic water

Garnish with grapefruit peel.

North Coasts Highball

Build in a highball glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Calvados

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

Top with 4 oz club soda.

Garnish with a lemon peel.

Redden Plain

(Ty Williams, Brooklyn, NY)

Stir with ice:

0.75 oz Svöl Swedish-style Aquavit

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

0.75 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif

Strain into a rocks glass.

Garnish with an orange peel.

Seeds and Skins

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:

1 oz aquavit

1 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

Garnish with a lemon peel.

Sentier en Bastia

Stir with ice:

1 oz rye whiskey

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

1 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth de Chambéry

Strain into an ice-filled double rocks glass.

Garnish with an orange peel.

Separatist

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

Garnish with an orange peel.

Service Station Sling

Shake with ice:

1.5 oz blended Scotch

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

0.75 oz simple syrup

0.5 oz lemon juice

Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.

Top with 3 oz club soda.

Garnish with a lemon peel.

Shikoku

(Charles Coykendall, Cambridge, MA)

Build in a highball glass with ice:

1.5 oz Japanese whisky

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

5 oz club soda

Garnish with lemon peel.

 

Starboard

Build in a double rocks glass filled with ice:

2 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

2 oz grapefruit seltzer

Garnish with an orange peel.

Vintner’s Whimsy

Stir with ice:

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

1 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino ‘Storico’

Strain into a flute and fill with sparkling wine.

Garnish with an orange peel.