Fall Back

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz Applejack brandy
3⁄4 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄2 oz Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

A suitably autumnal apple brandy-influenced riff on the Sweet Manhattan with rye spice and herbal bitterness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2012-17 by Sasha Petraske for the John Dory Oyster Bar in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Fall Back contains 214 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 2 standard drinks
  • 28.97% alc./vol. (28.97° proof)
  • 28.4 grams of pure alcohol

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James Brooke’s Avatar James Brooke
8th February at 12:56
Please can someone give me some advice. I don't have Amaro Nonino, but I do have Amaro Montenegro and Amaro Averna. Which one would be better as a substitute in this cocktail?
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Paloma Difford’s Avatar Paloma Difford
8th February at 13:42
Hi James, they’re both quite different to Amaro Nonino but of the two the Averna is closer.
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Matt’s Avatar Matt
8th November 2024 at 03:58
Very delicious Manhattan variant - similar to a sweet Manhattan, or a High Ryeser - except the applejack provides a leading apple flavor note. Excellent, but sweet, and boozy.
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Evan Cribb’s Avatar Evan Cribb
4th September 2024 at 02:05
Very good drink, nice for the summer/fall shoulder season. Well balanced.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
21st June 2024 at 13:46
Only had Dubonnet open on this occasion, which added more wine/claret-like notes compared to standard rouge vermouth. A really wonderful cocktail.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
25th May 2024 at 12:46
A beautiful autumnal cocktail. Intense, sweet, herbal, warning and bitter, and some wonderful spicy notes from the rye coming through.
I had slightly lower alcohol spirits : Sazerac rye and Avallen Calvados, so bumped up the latter to 35ml , and throttle back to rouge vermouth to 20. Could potentially even go 40 on the avallen.
Another delicious use for nonino apart from a paper plane!
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Chris Lintott’s Avatar Chris Lintott
6th June 2024 at 00:18
Gorgeous late night cocktail, used 5 year old Somerset cider brandy.
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