Level Up

Name: Level Up
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Orange Bitters; 8 ml Nocino; 30 ml Apple Brandy; 1 twst Orange Peel; 30 ml Scotch; 23 ml Sweet Vermouth; 8 ml Cynar

A stirred, spirit-forward drink in a rocks glass: Scotch and apple brandy with sweet vermouth, Cynar and nocino adding bitter, nutty depth, and orange bitters lifting it. Created by Craig Eliason in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 2023.

Similar names: Four Level Interchange

Craig Eliason's Level Up, built on flavors of walnut and cocoa, won the Reddit Original Cocktail Contest in February 2023.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Smoky