Name: Old Dog, New Tricks
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Fernet liqueur; 30 ml Banana liqueur; 10 ml Brown sugar syrup; 22.5 ml Lime juice

Old Dog, New Tricks
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
1 oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare mint leaf for garnish.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float mint leaf.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A vibrant menthol-like citrus freshness balances heavy, bittersweet herbal and rooty notes. The whopping slug of banana liqueur is surprisingly integrated and is what makes this aperitivo/digestivo special.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created at Blythe & Burrows in Portland, Maine, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Old Dog, New Tricks contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
15.26% alc./vol. (15.26° proof)
14.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Adam Kormondy

6th December 2024 at 05:39

This is wonderful! Made with a homemade banana liqueur and think this will be the test drink for future batches. Banana and Fernet are a dream combo, fantastic drink.

G. M. Genovese

3rd June 2024 at 17:45

I don't know if there's anything I'd change about this. The banana plays second fiddle to the Fernet, but the balance and blended harmony of all the ingredients is on point. Good job. (3 Jun 2024, 1:44p)

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