Name: Oliver South
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Blanco tequila; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 30 ml Vermouth amaro (Car.); 1 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Blanco tequila

1 fl oz

Lucano amaro

1 fl oz

Light vermouth amaro (e.g. Cardamaro)

1 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Oliver South contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.34% alc./vol. (44.68° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Light vermouth amaro (e.g. Cardamaro) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Comments & Discussion

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Doug James Premium Member 12w

I built this using G4 Blanco Tequila, Averna Amaro, and Cardamaro with Peychaud’s bitters and expressed orange rind as specified. While it has a really nice mouth feel and a pleasant taste on the palate, there’s a distinct aftertaste that reminds me of a prune jam, or perhaps a dried fruit, that was a bit unexpected. Interesting sipper.

Matt Premium Member 44w

Excellent - the Lucano, Cardamaro and bitters are the keys to the flavor, bringing a depth of moderate earthy herbal, slight spice and slight bitter, with the tequila acting to add a bit of bright citrus. I really enjoyed this, and how it transformed a blanco tequila into something much more complex.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 1y

Tried Punt e Mes in place of Cardamaro. I've never tried the latter but the result didn't seem to hit the spot. Not bad but not remarkable.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Punt E Mes could work but it's a lot more flavorful and bitter than Cardamaro. Cardamaro is more like Dubonnet with some added bitters.

Dan Zollman 1y

I developed this recipe in 2018 and posted it to Kindred Cocktails in 2019 (originally without bitters because I couldn't settle on the right one). I'm just a hobbyist, so I'm thrilled that it has been picked up and adapted by Difford's and others. Youtube channel "AngryCocktails" also has a variation with Punt e Mes in place of Cardamaro.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Many thanks, Dan. It's a great cocktail.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

Orange and Peychaud's bitters mentioned in the review but absent from the recipe? Okay, we'll try it every which way and decide on our favorite. Our first take with Peychaud's was a hit. We do it on the rocks.

Doug Charnock Premium Member 2y

Hmmm… mixed a batch of two and added Peychaud’s to one - for science. Both of us thought that it actually lost something with the bitters. Quite a lovely cocktail for sipping on the porch.

MIKE LANDERS 2y

This is a great tequila negroni esque drink. We've made a couple times. Using cardamaro for the vermouth Amaro each time, once with Correlejo Blanco and once with Altos Repo. Worked great both ways.