Golden Years

Nick Lappen | Boston

photo: Lizzie Munro

This savory riff on the Old-Fashioned was on the David Bowie–themed menu at Boston Baijiu Bar, a pop-up at Nick Lappen’s Backbar. The cocktail is inspired by pork ribs with fish sauce caramel glaze, a dish Lappen first tasted in Vietnam. For the drink, he uses Vinn, a domestically produced rice-aroma baijiu from Oregon, and adds a touch of maple syrup in a nod to his New England roots.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces rice-aroma baijiu, preferably Vinn
  • 1 1/2 ounces rice-aroma baijiu, preferably Vinn
  • 1/2 ounce Scotch whisky, preferably Compass Box Artist Blend Scotch
  • 1/2 ounce Scotch whisky, preferably Compass Box Artist Blend Scotch
  • 1/4 ounce maple syrup
  • 1/4 ounce maple syrup
  • 6 drops Bittermens mole bitters
  • 6 drops Bittermens mole bitters
  • 3 drops Red Boat fish sauce
  • 3 drops Red Boat fish sauce
  • 1 dash Bitter Queens Shanghai Shirley five-spice bItters
  • 1 dash Bitter Queens Shanghai Shirley five-spice bItters

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir briefly with ice.
  2. Strain over a large cube in a rocks glass.

Tagged: baijiu, scotch

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