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

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

1 fl oz

Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

³⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Bitter Bianco liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.

Briefly STIR.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Quill Riff contains 217 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
24.3% alc./vol. (48.6° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Tim Williams 46w

Everyone in the house likes this one. I was surprised to find that Desert Bloom Purple Sage gin worked in it, given its light and floral nature. Stump gin, nearly a polar opposite but a house favorite, doesn't disappoint here either.

Chris Brislawn 1y

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 Premium Member 1y

Love that Bitter Bianco!

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

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 4y

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.