File this under “I wish I’d written this.” If you care about classic cocktails, read Anthony Giglio’s sharp Boston Magazine portrayal of a gathering of some of the city’s best bartenders to debate the merits of the Boston-born Ward Eight cocktail: whiskey, lemon juice, grenadine (and sometimes orange juice, according to the article).
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Scott Holliday (invented at Rendezvous in Central Square, Cambridge)
2 oz applejack
1 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange peel. This recipe was published on Cocktail Virgin.