Light and Day

Written By Daniel Zajic

LIGHT AND DAY

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml. gin

  • ½ oz. / 15 ml. Yellow Chartreuse

  • ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml. maraschino liqueur

  • ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml. fresh orange juice

  • 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters

METHOD
add all ingredients to mixing glass / stir with ice until chilled / strain into coupe or Nick and Nora / garnish with orange twist (optional)

ABOUT
This cocktail was created in 2008 by Alex Day for Death & Company. It was Day’s first drink he created for Death & Co, and of course, he had to break some rules — the use of fresh orange juice in a stirred cocktail. “It turned out delicious enough to not get me fired.” Cheers y’all!

Daniel Zajic
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