Hades Recipe

Combine ingredients

Add 1 oz añejo rum, 1 oz reposado tequila, 0.5 oz amaro, 0.5 oz cherry liqueur, 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice, and 0.5 oz demerara syrup into a cocktail shaker.

Add bitters

Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters and 1 dash of orange bitters to the shaker.

Shake

Fill the shaker with ice (enough to chill well). Shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until well chilled and slightly diluted.

Double strain

Double-strain the cocktail into a chilled old-fashioned glass over a single large clear ice cube or sphere to keep the drink cold with minimal dilution.

Express the orange oil

Take an orange peel and hold it skin-side down over the glass. Lightly warm or flame the peel (optional): use a match or lighter to briefly heat the outside of the peel, then quickly squeeze it so the orange oils spray over the glass and the surface of the drink.

Garnish

Rub the peel around the rim briefly, then drop the flamed peel into the drink or discard per preference. Add one Luxardo cherry on a pick and rest it on the ice or rim.

Serve immediately and enjoy. The Hades is a dark, bittersweet, slightly smoky-spiced spirit-forward cocktail with cherry and citrus lift.

Use plenty of shaking ice to chill and dilute correctly; serve over one large clear ice cube to maintain temperature and visual presentation.