Name: Lost Plane
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Dark/black rum; 22.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 22.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Lost Plane
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ fl oz	Dark/black/blackstrap rum
³⁄₄ fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
³⁄₄ fl oz	Amaro Montenegro
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Amaro's distinctive flavours shine through alongside the dark rum in this aperitivo cocktail.

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History:

Created by Emily Gosling of Goslings Black Seal Rum, this is a riff on Sam Ross' contemporary classic, Paper Plane.

Nutrition:

One serving of Lost Plane contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
13.6% alc./vol. (27.21° proof)
13.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Brent Seeliger

2nd July at 03:18

I love an easy cocktail. Paper plane ratio of 1oz. each Planteray Dark (bit of extra sweetness is welcome here), Aperol, Montenegro, Lemon, and this is delicious. Citrus profile leans trends more toward grapefruit more than lemon, orange or blood orange, but is really none of the above. Unlike so many amari, the Montenegro keeps this drink fresh and refreshing. Definitely on my 'what do I do with all these lemons?' list. Nicely balanced.

Florian Ruf

27th March at 14:59

Made it with Myers Original Dark Rum, Aperol and Nonino Quintessenzia. In this combination the rum comes lovely through. Although I am a big fan of the original Paper Plane, I would love this combination to be a bit less bitter. Maybe Mionetto Aperitivo could do that.

Florian Ruf

27th March at 15:18

I found the reason for the bitterness in testing my new bottle Myers. This rum has a nice taste, but a bitter undertone, which makes it necessary to adapt cocktails .

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Joseph Nelson

15th January at 13:26

I always keep a bottle of Goslings in the bar because it makes a nice shakeup from my normal rum, but I have never tried it as the base in a cocktail until now. Wow! What a recipe! My only alteration was to nip down the lemon juice to 15ml. Tart with complex notes from the Montenegro and a nice weight with the rum. Instant favorite.

Dave D.

8th October 2025 at 23:47

Just made and what a great drink!!! I think the fun part is you can switch up the amaro’s and rums and give it different twists! Mine is by the recipe and used Aperol. On some of these equa part drinks, you can bump it up to say, 30 ml of each…plus if you’ve cut a lemon, you now have to use the other half and make a second one!!!! 😃

Doug Bain

4th October 2025 at 19:05

This was delicious. I used Averna for the Amaro and a grapefruit twist. Amazing! I'll probably try it again tonight and regal shake the grapefruit twist.

Caspian Berggren

24th August 2025 at 15:26

I made a slightly bigger cocktail with equal parts (3cl each) and for the rum a mix of 0.5cl Cruzan, 2cl Havana 7 and 0.5 Probitas. It's honestly delightful. The rum is present but not overly so. It's incredibly well balanced yet certainly distinct from the Paper Plane. The Montenegro helps with merging the molasses notes and the floral notes.

This recipe makes me think that the Paper Plane formula should be a stalwart classic, akin to the Last Word and Negroni.

Gareth Hives

24th August 2025 at 17:19

Totally agree, I’m having an evening full of planes it seems and this is almost as good as the paper variety but not quite. Two probably silly questions, I’m using my Cynar for these, that is an amaro right? Also why are they all 22.5ml equal parts? I’m doing 25 ml and damn the consequences 🤣

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Steve Locker

10th April 2025 at 05:44

Deliciously tart, and the first cocktail that I've truly loved the inclusion of black strap rum in the center. Used Cruzan black strap, Aperol, Montenegro. This one's a keeper. The maple syrup flavor in Cruzan's black strap is usually overpowering, but it's moderated and elevated in this.

Frederic D.

16th January 2025 at 01:30

A good drink that starts with fresh lemon and ends with mild Montenegro/aperitif (I used Nonino Aperitivo). The only downside for me is that I can't really taste the rum (Goslings in my case). I might need to try it again with something a bit more assertive and see how it shakes out.

Matt Kane

6th January 2025 at 20:38

The description in the book has an editing error. It refers to it as being created by "Emily Gosling of Black rum (e.g. Goslings)"

Paloma Difford

7th January 2025 at 07:46

Hi Matt, many thanks for letting us know about the error...we've made a note to fix it for the next edition.

Calvin Grant

26th October 2024 at 01:51

Improvised last night. Bacardi black, Campari/ Combier triple sec (split), Rammazzotti, lemon juice. Excellent! Tonight will do the same but with Averna/Vecchio Amaro del Capo split as the amaro.

Calvin Grant

26th October 2024 at 02:39

Excellent again. Bittersweet and tangy with hints of mint from the Vecchio and verrry complex. Must revizit...

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