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Cutter

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22)
Cutter image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/4 fl oz Bourbon whiskey
3/4 fl oz Italian red bitter liqueur
1/2 fl oz Amaro (e.g. CioCiaro)
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cutter contains 212 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 18.95% alc./vol. (37.9° proof)
  • 21.4 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Alec Bales at the Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta, USA. Originally based on St. George Spirits' B&E American Whiskey.

Review

A riff on a Paper Plane.

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Comments & Discussion

Simon Sedgley Premium Member
Coming back to this wonderful cocktail, we wondered if a gin variant might work. So we went with Never Never Gin (it's 43% ABV so a bit bolder than some others) instead of the Bourbon, used Amaro Nonino Quintessentia (for its brightness), reduced the red bitter liqueur to 17.5ml and substituted orange bitters for the Angostura. Perhaps this puts it somewhere between a Paper Plane and a Last Word. We didn't do any due diligence so apologies if we are reinventing someone else's wheel.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We have no access to CioCiaro so, on nothing other than a hunch, went with Nardini Amaro. An exceptional bourbon sour.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
And we've now decided that Tempus Fugit Gran Classico is the red bitter liqueur to use here...less bitter and austere than the Italian red bitters and slightly more fruity...perfect for this sour.
score: 1
Rob San
Killer bourbon cocktail! I don't love whiskey as others do, but make bourbon or rye drinks as slowsippers. This has the "sour"essence mellowed by 65brix sugar.

This will be a new favorite to go with my N.O. rye sippers, the Vieux Carré at the front of that list.
score: 2

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