Broken Plane

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Discerning Drinkers (19 ratings)

Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
34 oz Elderflower liqueur
34 oz Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
12 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

A floral, elderflower-influenced riff on a Paper Plane.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2023 by recipe blogger Justine Doiron of Justine Snacks.

Nutrition:

One serving of Broken Plane contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 20.19% alc./vol. (20.19° proof)
  • 18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
20th September at 14:34
Delicious cocktail, although I find it is a bit farfetched to see it as "Paper Plane" variant. IMHO it needs a bit balancing as it is on the sweet side.