I love trying vintage cocktails, modern classics, and new
signature drinks dreamed up by amazing bartenders. This week’s cocktail is none of those
things. This is recipe I found on the
Kindred Cocktails website, with no background or explanation. It caught my eye because it shares some DNA
with the Sharpie Mustache – the split base of gin and whiskey,
sweetened/flavored by Amaro Meletti, with some additives to bring a little
bitterness. In this case that’s the
Aperol and the Fernet. I guess you could
call it a distant relative of the Old Fashioned (whiskey, sugar, bitters,
water), but you’d never mistake one for the other. And why the name? I’m guessing it’s named for Silvio Micali, an
MIT professor and cryptographer whose work is the foundation of
blockchain. Who knows?
Recipe:
1 oz gin (I used Old Tom gin)
1 oz bourbon
1 oz Amaro Meletti
0.5 oz Aperol
0.25 oz Fernet Branca
Garnish: lemon twist
-stir in a mixing glass with ice until chilled.
-strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass.
-express lemon twist over the drink.
Enjoyed but a little Fernet goes a long way, doesn't it. That said, we had the ingredients at home, so we made a second.
ReplyDeleteA little Fernet does go a long way -- even more so when it's Fernet Branca Menta. But I can identify with your problem and solution. After all, the booze isn't going to drink itself! :)
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