Purgatory

PURGATORY

• 2½ oz. / 75 ml. rye whiskey

• ¾ oz. / 22.5 ml. Bénédictine

• ¾ oz. / 22.5 ml. Green Chartreuse

• lemon peel oil

METHOD
add all ingredients to mixing glass / stir with ice until chilled / strain into a coupe or Nick and Nora / express lemon peel over surface / garnish with lemon twist

ABOUT
This drink was created in 2007 by Ted Kilgore at Monarch Restaurant (Maplewood, MO; now closed). Kilgore designed this cocktail to be a pick-me-up, though it reads and tastes like a nightcap. He combines two herbal French liqueurs to complement the spiced rye base. You get a sweet honey note from the Bénédictine and a burst of herbs from the Chartreuse. Cheers y’all!