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Night Tripper

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

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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

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

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.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

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

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

Review

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

Averna Amaro 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$32.99 $0.66 per cocktail Averna Amaro image

Liquore Strega 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$39.99 $0.40 per cocktail Liquore Strega image

$1.06 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 12w

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 1y

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

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