The Pycho Cocktail

• 1.0 oz. Rye
• 1.0 oz. Cynar
• 1.0 oz. Green Chartreuse
• 0.5 oz. lemon juice
• 10 dashes Peychaud’s
• 5 drops of sriracha

Shake with ice. Strain into chilled coupe.

The first thought behind this was to create something blood red without resorting to a Bloody Mary’s tomato juice, hence the hefty portion of Peychaud’s, which I also found helped balance the sweetness from the Chartreuse and Cynar (itself also a bitter component). The drink is a crossdressing variation on the Last Word, with Rye wearing the Gin’s clothing, and lemon for lime, reduced. The sriracha can be included or not, but I like the little extra bite I thought the Psycho deserved.