Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Cherry garnish.

• 2 ½ oz rye
• 1 tsp absinthe or Herbsaint
• 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
• 1 sugar cube

Pack a rocks glass with ice and fill it with water. In another, muddle the sugar cube with the bitters and 1 tsp of water. Add the rye and several ice cubes and stir well. Dump the ice water from the first glass and pour in the absinthe. Swirl it around to coat the inside and dump the excess. Strain the chilled drink into the absinthe-coated glass. Twist a lemon peel over the top and rub it around the rim.

• 1 oz rye
• 1 oz applejack
• 1 oz sweet vermouth
• ¼ oz Bénédictine
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• 1 dash Peychaud's bitters

Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Lemon and orange peel garnishes.

• 1 oz Rittenhouse rye
• 1 oz Los Danzantes Joven mezcal
• ½ oz Bénédictine
• ½ oz Carpano Antica Formula sweet vermouth
• ¼ oz yellow Chartreuse
• 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
• ½ tsp Laphroaig Scotch

Rinse a cocktail glass with the Laphroaig and dump the excess. Stir the other ingredients and strain into the glass.