Boulevardier
45 ml Bourbon, 30 ml Campari, 30 ml Sweet vermouth, 1 Orange twist
Ingredients
Measures below are multiplied for 6 drinks. Unmeasurable amounts such as “a splash” are left as written.
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Bourbon
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Aperol
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Amaro Nonino
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Lemon juice
- 6 twists Lemon twist (optional)
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What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Shake equal parts of the four with ice and strain into a coupe.
Method
Pitcher (6 drinks)Pitcher (6 drinks) - about 600 ml of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps below are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
- Chill a coupe.
- Put the bourbon, Aperol, amaro and lemon juice in a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard for 12 seconds, then double strain into the coupe.
- Finish with a twist of lemon peel.
Serve it
Volumes in this story are multiplied for the size above, along with the ingredients. Years, ratios and the capacities of glasses and jugs are left as written.
Paper Plane
Sam Ross again, a few years after the Penicillin, and named after the M.I.A. song that was playing in the bar. Equal parts of four very different things sounds like a dare, and the reason it works is the amaro: it is sweet and bitter at once, so it holds the orange liqueur and the whiskey together without letting either of them win.
Getting it right
Amaro Nonino is the one that makes this the drink it is, and if you cannot find it, any medium-sweet amaro will get you close - Averna or Ramazzotti both work, and the drink will be darker and more herbal for it. Keep the lemon juice fresh and the parts genuinely equal; this is one recipe where eyeballing the measures does not work.
Tasting notes
Bitter orange and caramel, with a bright lemon edge and a long bittersweet finish. It tastes like a Negroni that has taken a very good holiday, and it is dangerously easy to drink.
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