Name: Quill Riff
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 22.5 ml Bitter bianco liqueur

Quill Riff
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
³⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Bitter Bianco liqueur

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A gin-forward and bittersweet cleansing aperitivo.

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Variant:

Negroni Bianco; Green Negroni

History:

A riff on the classic Quill cocktail created in 2020 by Keith Meicher, head bartender at Sepia restaurant in Chicago, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Quill Riff contains 217 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
24.3% alc./vol. (24.3° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

22nd June at 04:16

Using equal proportions in a Negroni Bianco results in something way too sweet and cloying, sort of like what happens with equal-parts red Negronis. I used more refined (2:1:1) proportions (cut the bianco vermouth to 3/4 oz) and, based on Discerning Drinker comments, added an absinthe wash in keeping with the absinthe in Meicher's red Quill cocktail. This should more specifically be called a Quill Bianco in recognition of its Bitter Bianco and bianco vermouth heritage. I like it better than the classic White Negroni, but then I've been a fan of Luxardo Bitter Bianco as a cocktail ingredient since it first came out.

Calvin Grant

23rd June at 04:57

Love that Bitter Bianco!

John Hinojos

29th July 2023 at 00:21

Liked the cocktail, but found it a bit sweet for me. Reading the comment about the Quill, we then added three sprays of absinthe and stirred. Brought the sweetness down a bit and added another flavour.
I have to admit that a dash of absinthe or a float of 151 rum is my go-to fix for many cocktail. Two of my favourites.

Andrew Willis

2nd February 2022 at 01:59

I like the gin-forward aspect of this still easy-to-down concoction. But ingredient-wise, this feels like more of a riff on the Negroni Bianco, rather than the Quill. In that, the dashes of absinthe (absent here) is the surprise element, relative to otherwise the equal parts Negroni recipe.

Simon Difford

2nd February 2022 at 07:42

Agreed. There's a link to Negroni Bianco under "Variant" above.

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