It’s #FinallyRyeday! This week: The Sea Captain’s Special. This potent quaff can be both the bane and boon of any sailor.

Built upon the venerable bones of an Old Fashioned, the S.C.S. adds an upper deck of champagne to speed the proof of the rye into your veins, and just a dash of absinthe to settle the stomach. Undoubtedly a valuable potion for a seafaring gentleman looking for a top-shelf hair of the dog!

1 sugar cube
3 dashes Angostura bitters
club soda
2 1/2 ounces WhistlePig Straight Rye Whiskey
Brut champagne
Absinthe

 

In an Old Fashioned glass, muddle 1/2 tsp sugar with 2 or 3 dashes of Angostura bitters and a splash of club soda. Rotate the glass so that sugar grains and bitters give it a lining. Add a large ice cube. Pour in 2 1/2 ounces WhistlePig Rye Whiskey, and top off with brut champagne and 2 dashes absinthe. Cheers!