Name: Midnight Stroll
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Ramazzotti amaro; 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao; 1 dash Creole bitters

Midnight Stroll
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti)
¹⁄₄ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Briefly STIR.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Review:

An amaro and orange curaçao influenced riff on a Boulevardier.

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Variant:

Boulevardier; Rye Boulevardier; Day Bell

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Brandon Lockman at Red Star Tavern in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Midnight Stroll contains 216 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
31.19% alc./vol. (31.19° proof)
28.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

19th January at 14:33

I'm not really a Campari/Negroni fan so I'm usually a bit weary of these stirred bitter cocktails but man, this was right up my alley. The Amaro elevates the rye spice which balances the Campari. The orange flavors are there and adds freshness to the whole experience without adding acidity. You get a really flavorful, spicy cocktail that is bitter but balanced. The rye I chose really helped, I used Lot No 40 Dark Oak.

Larry Marten

19th November 2024 at 03:40

Added 2 dashes of grapefruit bitters and a bar spoon of agave syrup. Brightened it up.

John CARR

26th August 2024 at 12:51

Whoa this is rocket fuel - potentially in a good way- but be prepared. Very intense flavour kick!

Morten Carlsbaek

31st May 2023 at 14:49

Oh, it is a bitter cocktail. Complex, good but a bit too bitter to my taste. I will half the amount of the red bitter liqueur next time.

Matt Eschbach

14th May 2022 at 00:59

Made this with Averna and Grand Marnier and it was wonderfully balanced and complex. Would love to try with ingredients as written some day.

John Hinojos

24th February 2022 at 04:56

I was looking for a good nightcap for a cold winter night, and found an excellent one. The burst of flavours were unbelievable. It is balanced, and everything I would want in a nightcap. I used a California Rye, Rip Tide, at 118 proof. It was wonderful. This will be one of my new favourites for a nightcap.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

16th January 2022 at 21:46

Potential for greatness.

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