Name: Old Italian Friend
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Grappa; 20 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Amaro Santoni; 10 ml Chamomile/Camomile liqueur

Old Italian Friend
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Nonino Il Moscato Grappa
²⁄₃ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro Santoni
¹⁄₃ oz	Chamomile/Camomile liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled 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:

Grappa and grapefruit may be the backbone of this bittersweet aperitivo but floral amaro and camomile liqueur provide the top-line flavour.

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Variant:

Old Friend; Old Mexican Friend

History:

A riff on an Old Friend created in November 2021 by yours truly at the Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Old Italian Friend contains 97 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.32% alc./vol. (19.32° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Nikolaus Linder

8th December 2024 at 21:06

There are 2 separate categories „Camomile Liqueur“ (1 cocktail) and „Chamomile Liqueur“ w/3 cocktails. I guess there should be only 1 category, isn‘t it?

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