Name: Paper Boat
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Amaro Nonino Quintessentia; 22.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 3 Saline solution 4:1

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3/4 fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
3/4 fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Nonino Quintessentia)
3/4 fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of paper boat (&/or lemon zest twist).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with paper boat pegged to rim (&/or lemon zest twist).

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Strength & taste guide:

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

There are numerous rum-based riffs on Sam Ross' Paper Plane, some served tall with added juices and syrups, but at its simplest (as here), a Paper Boat is a Paper Plane made with aged rum in place of bourbon. The result is bittersweet and delicious.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Paper Boat contains 176 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
15.8% alc./vol. (31.6° proof)
14.2 grams of pure alcohol

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