# Midnight Mass

Joaquín Simó’s lean rum Preakness lets dry Trinidad rum carry wine-dark Cardamaro, a small Bénédictine measure, and deep citrus-spice bitters.

Strength: 40% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [The Scarlet Ibis Trinidad Rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/scarlet-ibis-rum.md)
- 22.5 ml [Cardamaro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cardamaro.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 7.5 ml [Bénédictine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/benedictine.md)
- 1 dash [The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter Bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/jerry-thomas-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Orange twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled coupe.

## Related drinks

- [100-Year-Old Cigar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/100-year-old-cigar.md): Aged rum becomes a dark after-dinner drink under Cynar, Bénédictine, peat, bitters, and the lingering aroma of an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Bywater](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bywater.md): Chris Hannah’s current New Orleans rum-Brooklyn branch joins aged rum to Averna, green alpine herbs, falernum, and two aromatic bitters.
- [Right Hand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/right-hand.md): Aged rum takes bourbon's place beside Campari, sweet vermouth, and mole bitters in Michael McIlroy's warmer, orange-scented companion to the Left Hand.
- [Art of Choke](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/art-of-choke.md): Cynar and rum absorb lime, rich demerara, bitters, and muddled mint in a stirred drink whose fresh ingredients behave nothing like a conventional sour.
- [Pearl Diver](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pearl-diver.md): Donn Beach’s chilled honey-butter emulsion gives light and Demerara rums an almost weightless silkiness beneath orange, lime, spice, and crushed ice.
- [Dunlop Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dunlop-cocktail.md): A Savoy-era union of mellow aged rum and dry, nutty amontillado needs only one dash of bitters to become a complete after-dinner cocktail.
- [Nui Nui](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/nui-nui.md): Aged rum, orange, and lime carry cinnamon, vanilla, allspice, and bitters in one of Donn Beach's most aromatic and spice-led tropical drinks.
- [Shrunken Skull](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/shrunken-skull.md): Equal measures of two forceful rums, fresh lime, and real grenadine form a stark, deep-red mid-century tiki sour.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/midnight-mass
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/midnight-mass-2b00e02c.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.cocktaillove.com/recipes/midnight-mass/