Name: Shade Thrower
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 15 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Shade Thrower
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic 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.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A riff on a Boulevardier, best suited to late-night contemplation or, given the name, a hot summer's afternoon.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2023 by Freddy Schwenk at Bar + Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nutrition:

One serving of Shade Thrower contains 238 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
27.97% alc./vol. (27.97° proof)
27.4 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Werd Bmocsil

10 hours ago

Oh. My. Goodness.
Mine was Benchmark No. 8 bourbon (Buffalo Trace leftovers), Amaro Nonino, & Cappelletti aperitivo,
After a Bijou (à la Gordon), this was arresting. In a good way. Straight to the favorites list.
I like orange flavor, and so having only Nonino was not an impediment.

Lou Panetta

6th July at 20:39

I did like this. It's a good blend between a Boulvardier and a Black Manhattan, but can't decide which one it wants to be closer to.

Stephen C

5th May at 00:59

Made with meletti and loved it.

Justin Aniello

7th April at 01:22

Not to throw shade but it's only alright. The worst part is I don't know why, it feels like this list of ingredients I should love but something just isn't clicking for me.

Rick West

1st April at 01:25

Meh, it’s fine. I’d rather just go with the many different classics it riffs off of.

Jacques Merley

31st March at 13:12

Interesting. Larceny bourbon, amaro jardinier, wermouth antica formula Carpano, Aperol…

Jacques Merley

31st March at 13:30

Amato Gardini

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

30th March at 18:03

Good but ordinary.

G. M. Genovese

30th March at 06:53

I hesitate to again be a Meletti fan boy here (it just skews)... But I just made this twice with Wild Turkey 101, Cocchi di Torino, and Campari... The second try with Meletti (first one Vecchio Amaro del Capo, twas fine) was a clear winner. Almost vastly different drinks...

Frederic D.

30th March at 00:39

I find the description of "a riff on a Boulevardier" interesting. Based on the proportions, this to me reads more like halfway between a regular and black Manhattan, with a small splash of Aperol.

Brenna De Young

29th March at 16:08

Switch out the Rosso to Vya's sweet vermouth and it would be a lovely pairing.

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