Name: Part-time Lover
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 15 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Part-time Lover
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₂ oz	Elderflower liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Tequila-laced, delicately bittersweet/sour with floral elderflower.

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Variant:

Old Friend; Ruby; Caneflower; Comte de Sureau; Old Mexican Friend

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Jon Weimorts, manager at the Idle Hour in Los Angeles, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Part-time Lover contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.18% alc./vol. (17.18° proof)
16.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Ryan Harrold

27th October 2024 at 11:11

I quite liked this, however I felt like there was a just tad too much of a bittersweet note happening in this drink and not enough of a floral not, so I made this again by swapping the Elderflower Liqueur and Lemon Juice measurements around and added 2.5ml of Agave Syrup and thought that this was a bit better, since you still get that bittersweet note from the Aperol, Lemon Juice and the Aromatic Bitters without it overshadowing the Elderflower Liqueur, making it more pleasant to my taste

Mark Wilson

23rd May 2023 at 05:42

Lots of layers here, added a twist plus about 2 ml of lime which balanced it for my taste. I can never get the bitters to dash correctly, more like dashed and cursed at least 3 in there.

Briana Warsing

11th May 2023 at 17:56

summer in a glass. tart, sweet, and refreshing. love the mix of flavours.

John Hinojos

8th January 2023 at 03:00

Really, really liked this. Living in San Diego we eat a lot of Mexican food. This went perfect with a Mexican dinner. The balance of sweet and bitter was wonderful. Would have this again.

Walter Brookbank

24th November 2022 at 19:51

Surprised me how the Elderflower worked in this drink, I used Aperol instead of Campari and 1/8 oz. of simple syrup. Usually I lean to Gin but the Tequila works great in this! Nicely balanced with a slight bitter sour citrus note. Very good! One to remember.

Kjell Eriksson

23rd November 2022 at 16:29

I liked it, however for my next helping I will add 5 ml Monin Cane Sugar Syrup.

Florian Ruf

17th August 2022 at 13:00

I used 2,25 cl St-Germain and only one dash Angostura which resulted in a refreshing, balanced and not too tangy drink.

Herbert Brant

9th August 2022 at 19:34

Very unusual. Not sure how I feel about it. In my opinion, here are the PROs: love the color, refreshing, tangy. And here are the CONs: the bitter + sour is intense, the flavors seem to be in conflict. Final word: I drank every drop.