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 drop Saline solution 4:1

Paper Boat
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ oz	Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
³⁄₄ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
³⁄₄ 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).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

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. (15.8° proof)
14.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Frederic D.

14th June at 00:32

As much as the simpler original is delicious, I also decided to make a version with Gran Classico and Cynar, along with Appleton 12 and lime juice. Rather far enough from the Paper Boat to be a different drink, but quite tasty nonetheless. The rum stands up to the liqueurs, and there is a lot of depth and complexity.

Tuber Magnatum

26th April at 23:05

Really enjoyed this, but agree with comment below that it lacks a bit of body, not that this is necessarily a bad thing; this would be an excellent summer sipper. I used Mount Gay XO rum and Aperol but think next time I will try using Campari and cut down on the saline to up the bitterness.

Simon Sedgley

19th January at 15:45

This charming cocktail invites experiment. The Nonino, as recommended, makes for a subtly sweet, perfectly balanced drink. But if you are after more of an Amaro sour, we think Ramazzotti and Nardini make wonderful alternatives.

Hillary Jaroschy

15th January at 17:04

Made this with Mount Gay Black Barrel as the blend involves rums aged 6-10+ years and is aged in both bourbon and charred barrels which I think gave the cocktail a really nice nod to the Paper Plane. Really fantastic. Definitely try this.

Caspian Berggren

12th January at 20:33

I used El Dorado 8 and it's very nice. The rum adds a cola note to the cocktail that I don't find in the Paper Plane. I do miss the body that bourbon gives though. Next time I'll probably add a rum with some funk to it and see if that can take it further from the PP whilst also adding body.

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