Name: South Slope
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 22.5 ml Aromatized wine; 15 ml Orange Curaçao; 15 ml Lemon juice

South Slope
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
³⁄₄ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₂ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This tasty aperitivo also works well with Americano Bianco used in place of Lillet Blanc.

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History:

Created by Michael Madrusan (of The Everleigh, Melbourne fame) in Summer 2007 and named for Brooklyn's South Slopes area where he was living at the time. This recipe is from Jim Meehan's 2011 The PDT Cocktail Book.

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Nutrition:

One serving of South Slope contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
16.35% alc./vol. (16.35° proof)
15.9 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

9th March at 13:55

This is really great and deserves to be better known - contemporary classic indeed. I had to do a bit of subbing - no aperol so half/half punt e mes and byrrh and 5ml sugar syrup. As a fan of the sweet n sour this was great. Will def be back to try a closer spec version. William’s suggestion of a dash or spray of absinthe would def work here.

John CARR

14th March at 13:02

Second version with 15mL Lillet, 10 each Luxardo bitter Bianco and Cocchi Rosa, 5 Campari. This is a great base recipe and happily repaid my messing about with it.

Peter Shaw

18th January at 07:05

Tried it long (part of my New Year resolution) and it really is a delightful, light, smooth cocktail.

Sarah Dodd

19th November 2022 at 00:12

Great with Campari and Cocchi Americano!

William Smith

16th July 2022 at 23:18

Interesting. Kind of a Corpse Reviver 2, with the orange candy-slice flavor of Aperol replacing the Maraschino. Next time, I might add a dash of absinthe.

Karsten Ronnenberg

12th December 2021 at 18:01

Grabbed the Campari bottle by accident (#reddishliquid) which was nice. The right recipe with Aperol is far better though. Turns out to be a favourite of the wife AND the mother in law. What more can you expect?

Anonymous

20th June 2021 at 17:09

Best new cocktail I've tried for ages. It's like a more complex and grapefruity Paper Plane and - while perhaps less drinkable - it makes for a genuinely interesting apperotif. Would be interested in the Lillet Blanc variants.

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