Americano Perfecto

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Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
3⁄4 oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
4 oz Pilsner lager
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.
  3. STIR first 3 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. TOP with beer and briefly stir
  6. Garnish with orange slice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

This riff on a classic Americano benefits from the use of dual vermouths and swaps out soda for pilsner beer.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Damon Boelte at Prime Meats in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Americano Perfecto contains 227 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 9.21% alc./vol. (9.21° proof)
  • 19.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
3rd September 2024 at 17:26
Pils is the vodka of beer, a drink I do not respect greatly to begin with, so I subbed with a nice wheat beer because the Angel Wore Red is such a good mix of beer and campari and I've been hooked by Americanos recently...this did not disappoint. Absolutely delicious.
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Matt’s Avatar Matt
6th August 2024 at 00:13
The whole is less than the sum of the parts. My favorite style of beer is Czech Pils (if forced to pick), and I really enjoy Americanos and similar cocktails (e.g. Negroni and variants). This recipe falls short of this parentage.
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Egg McKenzie’s Avatar Egg McKenzie
26th August 2023 at 18:06
is this 2 different sweet vermouths or am i drunk
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
27th August 2023 at 18:05
Yes, but to entirely different sweet vermouths.
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