Name: Ragtime
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti); 30 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 2.5 ml Absinthe; 1 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

1 fl oz

Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti)

1 fl oz

Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo

1/12 fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

1 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Ragtime contains 258 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
26.78% alc./vol. (53.56° proof)
28.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Robert Holen 45w

I won't rate this as is, since I can't get ahold of Ramazzotti, but I did make it subbed with Averna which seems to be a very good fit. Lots of complementing flavours with great balance.

Robert Spain 1y

Such a lovely night cap. If you like Sazeracs, you'll enjoy this.

Timothy J Mannion 2y

I think there was a little too much absinthe when I blindly poured it into the mixing glass. That's what I get when I'm supposed to measure 1/12th oz! How one would even try that I can't imagine. Nonetheless, it's a beautifully colored cocktail, a bit spicy on the tongue, but amazingly smooth and silky otherwise, even though it's stirred. (I tend to stir longer than recommended, because I can.) All in all, it's entering rotation, and will be shared with friends! Only good friends.

Nick Badovinac 1y

1/12 of an ounce is about 3 dashes. I keep a dropper bottle full of absinthe for just such things. Also the dropper makes absinthe washing a glass for a sazerac or a corpse reviver #2 easy.

John Champion 45w

I endorse the dropper bottle of absinthe as well. I've also grown fond of keeping my absinthe in a spritzer bottle, makes rinses even easier and also nice to spritz a layer over the top of old fashioneds and sours. To my taste its pretty similar to a dash.

Martin Schwartz 2y

This is an excellent cocktail. Very easy to drink, perhaps too easy. It’s one of the reasons I always keep Ramazzotti in the house (another one being the Manhattan Transfer).

Luca Viviani Premium Member 2y

An excellent rye whiskey cocktail. I’m not so sure it is a good fit as an aperitivo: liquorice and anise notes may not be best suited to prepare the palate for a meal. I will make it again after dinner!

Susie Bright Premium Member 2y

Used Amaro Nonnino. It’s thundering outside, must make do. Like a Paper Plane only without lemon — the Peychaud’s and Absinthe instead. Very nice New Orleans vibe

Ian Fenton 2y

I used Amaro Lucano; I think it’s a reasonable substitute for Ramazzotti (although I haven’t had it for a while). Quite delicious; five stars for me.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 3y

Rich liquorice notes.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Very nice cocktail. It was a bit sweeter than I was expecting, to me it was more a 6 than 7, but that could be just my personal taste and the ingredients I was using. Overall, it was perfect as an aperitif before an pizza dinner.