Name: Irish Godfather
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Irish whiskey; 20 ml Amaretto liqueur; 2 drop Boker's bitters

Irish Godfather
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
2 oz	Irish whiskey
²⁄₃ oz	Disaronno amaretto
2 drop	Boker's bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Amaretto adds delicate richness and toasted almond flavours to Irish whiskey in this old-fashioned-style cocktail. Your choice of bitters will profoundly influence the finished cocktail.

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Variant:

This is one of numerous riffs on the classic Godfather, for more see The Godfather cocktail and its siblings.

History:

Recipe by yours truly.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
29.14% alc./vol. (29.14° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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