Sacred Monkey Forest

Name: Sacred Monkey Forest
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 ml Simple Syrup; 2 dash Orange Bitters; 60 ml Batavia Arrack; 8 ml Crème de Banane; 1 rinse Scotch; 8 ml Green Chartreuse; 8 ml Fernet Branca

A strong, stirred drink built on Batavia arrack with green Chartreuse, Fernet Branca and a touch of banana liqueur, herbal and bitter with a fruity undertone. Created by Frederic Yarm in Boston in 2022 and served in a coupe with a Scotch rinse.

Sacred Monkey Forest was created by Frederic Yarm at Drink in Boston in 2022 as a riff on Drink's 2008 Krakatoa, with the Chartreuse mixed into the drink instead of set alight. A smoky Scotch rinse, inspired by Avery's Arrack-Ari, and banana liqueur, recalling the Banana Toronto, add depth. The name comes from a visit to the Sacred Monkey Forest in Indonesia, where visitors can interact with the monkeys but risk being bitten.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Smoky

Sweet