Improved Bamboo

Name: Improved Bamboo
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 dash Angostura Bitters; 1 dash Orange Bitters; 4 ml Maraschino Liqueur; 1 twst Orange Peel; 1 dash Absinthe; 23 ml Dry Vermouth; 23 ml Dry Sherry

Dry sherry and dry vermouth stirred with a little maraschino liqueur, absinthe, Angostura and orange bitters, finished with orange peel. Light, dry and aromatic, with nutty sherry. Created by Frederic Yarm in Boston in 2020.

Frederic Yarm of Boston made this version of the Improved Bamboo in 2020, following the Rockin' Like Bamboo in Imbibe Magazine. It keeps that drink's mix of dry and blanc vermouth but splits the sherry between fino and amontillado. Maraschino and absinthe are added in the manner of Jerry Thomas in 1876, with the maraschino chosen to suit the nutty amontillado.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Warm