Backward, “Nociprema,” Which Basically Sounds Like A Really Effective Antibiotic, Or Perhaps Even An Acne Medication

The Brooklyn, which I saw in the PDT book, is eight parts rye, three parts dry vermouth, one part maraschino and one part Amer Picon, which I knew we never had and which was probably the reason I’d never tried to make this drink. It turns out that Cio Ciaro — my guess for a substitute — was a reasonable substitute. That said, I don’t really smell or taste amaros or bitters, so how would I ever know what to really substitute. I actually thought to smell Peychaud’s bitters once and it smelled just like Old Spice or some such thing. Crazy.

Here’s a summation of Amer Picon and somesuch, as well as a telling about of a homemade sous vide version of Amer Picon.

Oh, and this was good, even without the Amer Picon.