Q: A sweater with a shawl collar: a fleeting trend or an MB wardrobe staple? --Wadie
A: The shawl-collar sweater doesn't quite reach the high "wardrobe staple" bar, but in 1968's Bullitt Steve McQueen definitively made it more than a "fleeting trend." Wear with confidence this year, and next.
POURCAST
BETA
Polar Vortex
3 oz American rye whiskey
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica)
1/8 ounce Fernet Branca
2 dashes Regans' Orange Bitters
1/8 ounce yellow Chartreuse
Shake the whiskey, vermouth, Fernet Branca, and orange bitters. Swirl the yellow Chartreuse in a chilled martini glass and slowly pour in the arctic cold cocktail. Finish with an orange peel.