Name: Night Tripper
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon bonded-strength; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 7.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti); 7.5 ml Strega liqueur; 2 dash Creole bitters

Night Tripper
Jump to

Keep screen awake

Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Bourbon bonded-strength (50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Liquore Strega
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

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.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

Spirit-forward and bittersweet. As its name suggests, this cocktail is best enjoyed as a late-night tipple.

View readers' comments

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Chris Hannah at Arnaud's French 75 in New Orleans and named after a local hero, jazz piano player, Dr. John, nicknamed the Night Tripper. This cocktail has become a signature cocktail at a href="/bars/J7Owa7/jewel-of-the-south">Jewel of the South in New Orleans, where Chris is a partner and bartender.

More cocktails by Chris Hannah

Nutrition:

One serving of Night Tripper contains 230 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
34.03% alc./vol. (68.07° proof)
27.5 grams of pure alcohol

More Nightcap/sipping cocktails
More Spirit-forward cocktails

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.

Join the discussion

Showing 2 comments for Night Tripper.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

G. M. Genovese

12th July at 01:24

Unfortunately don't have the room to keep multiple amari in hand. But, having this with Cynar, and suspecting the result beforehand, I would recommend following this recipe closely, as far as using sweeter, fruitier brands. At the very least, do not use an extra bitter, robust amaro... flipped the amaro to Strega ratio and it was too heavy in the latter direction... evened them out third try and it was more palatable, if the least dynamic... Interesting meeting of flavors...

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

29th August 2025 at 20:34

Good. I have a theory these improve as a factor of quantity consumed in succession. To be continued...

See discussion in the Forum