Attitude Adjustment

I probably had the name “Attitude Adjustment” written in my notebook long before I moved to Chicago. It goes back to the early days of scouring the eGullet and LTH forums, studying Toby Maloney’s builds, methods, and witticisms. His favorite “Attitude Adjustment” was crappy beer and a shot of Matusalem rum or Chartreuse, so the ingredients for this cocktail were all chosen as a “few of my favorite things” for Mr. Maloney. The drink itself is just a daisy like a margarita or a Daisy de Santiago—it isn’t a “beer cocktail,” it’s a daisy with beer in it, like adding Corona to your marg. Definitely a deeper, more brooding, autumnal kind of fizz, like the old-world dark ale punches of antiquity.

This drink calls for a “Collins shake”—tall cocktails have a lot of water content in the glass, so this is a very short shake. Shake just to combine the components and give them a quick chill; let's call it 15 percent of the shake you'd do for a drink served up in a coupe. When it lands in the glass, the drink will mingle with the beer, which immediately smooths out the rough edges.

This recipe was excerpted from 'The Bartender's Manifesto' by Toby Maloney. Buy the full book on Amazon.