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From Jura to Java

Kansas City, Mo.’s Monarch Cocktail Bar & Lounge feels plucked straight out of London—but with a Midwest welcome. Pull up to the white Italian marble bar for bar director Brock Schulte’s inspired cocktails, which include the From Jura to Java, a drink that showcases Jura Superstition scotch with Foursquare 2004 single-blended rum, Batavia-arrack, Lazzaroni amaro and The Bitter Truth chocolate bitters. The drink is rich and smoky yet delicate and sophisticated, with notes coffee, chocolate, wood and subtle funk, garnished with a black garlic financier.

This recipe originally appeared as part of “11 Scotch Cocktails to Drink in Bars Now.”

Ingredients

Steps

  1. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice, and stir until properly diluted.

  2. Strain into a rocks glass filled with 1 large ice cube.

  3. Express the oil from a lemon peel over top.

  4. Garnish with a black garlic financier (or other garnish of choice) on a curved pick.