Cortney The Spook 👻

This is my submission for the New Malt Order 2018, Lowlands Outreach #newmaltorder It is prepared like this:
Place these ingredients in a mixing glass.
45mL Auchentoshan Three Wood
15 mL Hornitos Plata Tequila
15 mL Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur
2 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters No. 6
Stir the ingredients until well chilled. (Do not skimp on time for this step. Spend 30 to 40 seconds for proper dilution.) Strain the cocktail into a chilled coupe and serve garnished with a sprig of thyme.

This cocktail works. It just does, although it seems as though it shouldn’t. The thyme accentuates the salinity of the tequila. The honey liqueur and the dark fruit notes from the sherry finished malt accentuate each other. Those elements play off each other like a Manhattan with the bitters tying it all together. Like the disparate cultures that make up my city of Pittsburgh, these seemingly unmixable ingredients come together to form something greater than the individual. (CONTINUED IN THE COMMENTS)

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