Name: Blind Pilot
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Galliano liqueur; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

1 fl oz

Galliano L'Autentico liqueur

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Blind Pilot contains 222 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
27.11% alc./vol. (54.23° proof)
24.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Comments & Discussion

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Robert Holen 1y

I misread the ingredients and made with Galliano vanilla instead of L'Autentico (which sadly isn't available where I live..)
It still made a remarkably good 3 ingredient equal measures drink though!

Yorey C 1y

martini R | Wolcott (TW) - sweet. plain. cant really taste the galliano. but its straight and clean. lemon squeeze is a nice mix. evocative of Trix cereal. i think i want more booze, perhaps less galliano as another commentator said. maybe even serve it on the rocks.

Lucas Gai 1y

I’ve just build this, but in a whisky glass with an ice ball. And orange twist insteadmof lemon but that was just a mistake, not an intentional insult to the récipe. But the orange sit well, so did the ice. Very good to my taste.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 1y

came back to this fine cocktail on a sunny copenhagen autumn afternoon.
25 ml Galliano L'Autentoco
30 ml Four Roses Singke barrel bourbon
30 ml Chazalettes Rosso
It came out just perfect (i.e. a little less Galliano than in the spec)
Do try it, enjoy it.

Patrick Valentino 1y

i agreed I went with spec and the Galliano was slightly over what was needed. Gonna make this again but either try high proof rye like Rittenhouse or pare back the Galliano to .75 ounces

Peter Hasselbom Premium Member 1y

Needs to be thoroughly stirred and consequently diluted, otherwise it gets a bit stickily sweet as it looses the chill.

David Selle Premium Member 2y

The original recipe calls for Vya Sweet Vermouth. I prefer it in this cocktail.

Jeremy Harrold 2y

I tried it both with Bourbon and Rye. For me, the Rye had it with the Galliano more held in check.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

Nice variant of a Manhattan - definitely with taste of Galliano but it does mingle well here. Anyway, I might try with a little less Galliano next time - or a more dominant and bitter red vermouth.

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 2y

This is delightful and delicious! The Galliano meshes with the vermouth flavor perfectly and enhances the bourbon. I do the sacrilegious thing of putting a big ice ball in my Manhattans and did the same with this one. It keeps the drink nice and cold while sipping and, in my opinion, dilutes the drink perfectly. Thanks for posting it, Simon and thanks to David for suggesting it in the first place!