Name: Carmen Miranda
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 10 ml Banana liqueur; 5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 2 dash Jerry Thomas bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Carmen Miranda
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Lucano amaro
¹⁄₃ oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
2 dash	Jerry Thomas bitters
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dried banana chip.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Garnish with dried banana chip.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Bittersweet and rye whiskey-forward with herbal complexity and subtle overripe banana fruit.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe (originally served straight-up) created in 2016 at the since-shuttered Park Restaurant and Bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
29.4% alc./vol. (29.4° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt

23rd July at 21:38

Delicious, spicy/herbal complexity (rye, amaro, genepy - everything in this contributes!!) on top of a robust rye base! Maybe a little sweet for some, but I think that most old-fashioned fans will love this.

mregisterfl

12th July at 02:45

Damn, this is a very fine drink. Plenty of layers of herbal complexity, with the banana just peeking through. But the rye isn’t overwhelmed. If you’re a fan of boozy, complex, spirit-forward drinks, you really should try it.

Wild Turkey 101, Tempus Fugit crème de banane. I didn’t have Jerry Thomas bitters, so subbed Ango plus one drop of Bittermens mole bitters.