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Billy Sunday (AKA Amaro Daiquiri)

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (18)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Amaro (e.g. Braulio)
1 fl oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro
3/4 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Gomme syrup

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Italesse Presidente Wormwood

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare lime slice wheel (ideally dehydrated) for garnish.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. Garnish with (dehydrated) lime wheel floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Billy Sunday (AKA Amaro Daiquiri) contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.7 standard drinks
  • 9.28% alc./vol. (18.55° proof)
  • 9.7 grams of pure alcohol
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History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Stephanie Andrews for Billy Sunday in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Stephanie's original recipe specifies Sfumato Rabarbaro.

Named for the bar where this cocktail was created, which in turn is named after William Ashley 'Billy' Sunday (1862-1935), a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s. Billy Sunday went on to become America's most influential evangelist in the early 20th century, and his sermons influenced the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919, leading to Prohibition.

Review

Big and bittersweet, this cocktail explodes with flavour herbal and citrus flavours. Perhaps more a digestivo than an aperitivo.

Variations/similar cocktails

Dullboy's Amari Daiquiri

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Comments & Discussion

Matt Premium Member
Very delicious and interesting, but not very appealing in the glass. Tartness leads, then the amaro notes and sweetness catch up, and as the lime fades the flavor os the Braulio and Sfumato persist, with the smokiness of the Sfumato coming very late but lasting deep into the finish. Amaro fans need to try this - and should also try the closely related Dullboy's Amari Daquiri.
score: 2
A J Wilson Premium Member
Yum! I was surprised by how well the flavors knitted together here. I used Zucca as my rabarbaro and subbed Averna for the Braulio and it worked.
score: 1
Shogi Redbrook Premium Member
Delicious. Lovely herbal flavours and much less heavy/hard-hitting than your average digestif
score: 2
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
This one benefits from a looong shake to get a lovely foamy head. Explosive indeed, in the best possible way.
score: 3
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We came back to this, adding 10ml egg white. It is a sour, after all.
score: 1