Name: Drifter
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Japanese whisky; 22.5 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Nonino); 3 dash Creole bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Japanese blended whisky

³⁄₄ fl oz

Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Amaro Nonino Quintessentia

3 dash

Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of grapefruit 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 grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Drifter contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.97% alc./vol. (53.93° proof)
22.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Comments & Discussion

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Cullen F Premium Member 27w

I'll definitely make this one again, possibly a new favorite.

Used Nikka from the barrel, since it was the only Japanese whiskey I had on hand, but it works well. The grapefruit is essential, it would be a very different and I think worse drink without it.

Mookie Premium Member 1y

What an interesting list of ingredients. I didn't have grapefruit to garnish this with, but for some reason there's a bitterness in here that's a bit reminiscent of the pith of a citrus peel, which I didn't like. Still though I enjoyed this drink, but I may not return to it soon.

Mookie Premium Member 1y

I used Akashi Takumi

Elisabeth Feltaous 2y

I used Nikka Whiskey, which has a fruity nose and a smoky finish, and apple vermouth. Over all interesting but I wouldn't recommend. Maybe the other versions would work better.

Deyan Kavrakov 2y

I used the Japanese Hibiki Harmony, which has distant fruity and citrus notes. Strongly recommend twisting thick grapefruit zest. Love it, this is a shiny newcomer.

Chris Brislawn 2y

The Japanese whiskey (I used Suntory) and large proportion of bianco vermouth set this apart from other whiskey drinks. No grapefruit zest so I used orange. Highly recommended.

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