Name: Part-time Lover
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Tequila reposado; 15 ml Aperol (orange-red aperitivo); 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Grapefruit zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass.

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

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

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 174 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.18% alc./vol. (34.36° proof)
16.9 grams of pure alcohol

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