Named after the writer Ford Maddox Ford who both Hemingway and Gertrude Stein admired.

This cocktail is spirit-forward but still smooth.  Use the highest-quality ingredients that your budget allows; this includes the water used to make the ice!

Recipe:

• ¾ oz Rye Whiskey
• ¾ oz Pierre Farrand 1840 Cognac
• ¾ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
• ¼ oz Benedictine
• 1 dash Peychaud's Bitters
• 1 dash Angostura Bitters 
• Lemon for garnish

Instructions:

Stir all ingredients (except bitters) over ice. Strain into a lowball glass that is filled with fresh ice.  Top with bitters, and express a rip of lemon peel over the drink.

Bar Brigade is the realization of a the dream owner Matty O'Brien and culinary director J.D. Fratzke had for a "little neighborhood wine bar."  Unfussy French cuisine meets a bar full of Jazz-Age Paris classics, wine, and beer in a cozy setting.

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