This long, spicy cocktail started out as a Scotch sour that Portland Hunt + Alpine Club’s Andrew Volk wanted to lengthen; he went with cider because he loved “the way the apples and spices in the cider play with the smokiness of the Scotch.” He further amplifies the effect here with an aromatic (“spectacularly musty”) black cardamom-coriander syrup inspired by the Northern European flavors of the bar’s food menu.
As for the name, it “came after about fifty others were thrown out during a brainstorm session after a long Saturday shift,” he explains. “Certainly the flavors hug you a bit like a cardigan, plus some wordplay with cardamom, and you get the Cardamomagin.”