Patois

Name: Patois
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 ml Bénédictine; 45 ml Rhum Agricole; 1 twst Orange Peel; 30 ml Dry Vermouth; 8 ml Amer Picon

A stirred, spirit-forward drink built on grassy rhum agricole, with dry vermouth, bittersweet Amer Picon and a little Bénédictine, finished with an orange twist. Created by Frederic Yarm at La Brasa in 2019.

Similar names: Fake Patois, Patois Punch

Frederic Yarm created the Patois in 2019 at La Brasa in Somerville, Massachusetts, starting from the Creole Cocktail with dry vermouth in place of the Picon and Benedictine, an approach resembling Charles H. Baker Jr.'s Georgetown Club recipe. The name refers to the Creole language of Martinique, which fits a drink that blends Creole and Martinique Martini styles.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Herbal

Warm