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Old Italian Friend

Name: Old Italian Friend
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Grappa; 20 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Rhubarb aperitivo (e.g. Santoni); 10 ml Chamomile/Camomile liqueur

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Nonino Il Moscato Grappa Monovitigno
²⁄₃ fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Santoni L'Aperitivo
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Chamomile/Camomile liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

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 Old Italian Friend contains 97 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.32% alc./vol. (38.64° proof)
18.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

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

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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.

Variations/similar cocktails

Old Friend; Old Mexican Friend

Nonino Il Moscato Grappa Monovitigno 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$77.99 $4.73 per cocktail

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$4.73 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Nikolaus Linder Premium Member 1y

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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