Dark Day

Name: Dark Day
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 tsp Angostura Bitters; 1 tsp Wild Hibiscus Syrup; 60 ml Rye Whiskey; 23 ml Grapefruit Juice; 1 tsp Amer Picon

Rye whiskey shaken with grapefruit juice, with Amer Picon, Angostura bitters and a hibiscus syrup. Spicy and bittersweet, with tart citrus and a floral note. Created by Scott Diaz.

Scott Diaz of Seattle built the Dark Day on the model of drinks such as the Brown Derby and the Blinker. The name alludes to a day on the racing calendar when no horse racing is held.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Herbal

Sour

Strong