DAM

Created by for MOTAC’S World Cocktail Day, 2007, New York.

In 2007 Dale DeGroff, President of the Museum of the American Cocktail, asked me to create a new drink for the Museum’s celebration of World Cocktail Day. He mandated that Laphroaig single malt Scotch whisky, a very smoky dram that can be hard to work with when creating cocktails, must be one of the ingredients. It took me the best part of a very frustrating afternoon to find the right ingredients to marry to the Laphroaig, but I must admit that I was pleased with the resultant drink. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but it went nicely with the barbecued pulled pork with which it was paired at the celebratory dinner that year. The name, DAM, is an acronym. The letters stand for Dale’s a Motherfucker.

Yield

Serves 1

Glass: Wine Goblet

Ice: Ice Cubes For Shaking

Garnish: Lemon Twist

Ingredients

- 37.5 ml (1.25 oz) Dubonnet Rouge

- 15 ml (0.5 oz) Pallini Limoncello

- 7.5 ml (0.25 oz) Laphroaig 10-year-old Single Malt Scotch

Directions

1) Shake over ice.

2) Strain into a chilled wine goblet.

3) Add the garnish.