Yesterday, Today and Amaro

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1⁄2 oz Cynar or other carciofo amaro
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1⁄4 oz Amaro (e.g. Averna)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 10/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Bittersweet and spiritous with herbal and subtle chocolate notes. Beware, "boozy" is an understatement, so perhaps split this recipe between two small stemmed glasses rather than one coupe and share the experience with a friend.

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History:

Recipe created by Brian Kane while Beverage Director at Abe Fisher Restaurant in Philadelphia, USA. This recipe adapted from Brad Thomas Parsons' 2016 book Amaro which includes the following explanation by Brain, "The name pays homage to the history of passing down recipes for amari production from one generation to the next."

Nutrition:

One serving of Yesterday, Today and Amaro contains 207 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 2.1 standard drinks
  • 32.99% alc./vol. (32.99° proof)
  • 29.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Justin Aniello’s Avatar Justin Aniello
11th April at 12:26
The rye makes everything else much subtler, lightly sweet and dark in the front from the Averna, lightly bitter in the back/aftertaste with the Cynar, and Benedictine just barely peeking throughout. A nice drink that gives me unexpected espresso vibes when the Cynar hits.
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Tuber Magnatum’s Avatar Tuber Magnatum
22nd October 2024 at 22:51
Lovely and yes, a boozy drink! I will definitely try this again but with a bit less Bénédictine D.O.M though. I think it might also be interesting to use B&B which might lighten the body a bit not that using D.O.M. was too heavy.
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Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
22nd May 2023 at 19:35
This is...strange, but I like it. I've not been a fan of spirit-forward drinks in general and especially so with whiskey ones (manhattan, black manhattan, of, etc) but this...is really quite nice. the bitterness plays well into the spice. I've been really getting into amari and this has really made me want to try out the stirred amari drinks more.
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Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
22nd May 2023 at 19:38
It continues to add onto my list of confusion over Cynar, however - the stuff on its own is vile, but between this and the Artichoke Hold it seems to make things magical when mixed
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Christine Babb’s Avatar Christine Babb
14th April 2023 at 03:02
Very good. Definitely “boozy” - three of us were quite content to split a 2x recipe.
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Jacob Davis’ Avatar Jacob Davis
26th March 2023 at 02:29
Tried this with San Simone and Ciociaro as the Amari. Sensational! A regular added to the rotation for sure.
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Ellen lipton’s Avatar Ellen lipton
1st April 2021 at 21:47
Used an 8 year Rhum Barbancourt as an substitute. Very good
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Jacob Davis’ Avatar Jacob Davis
26th March 2023 at 02:29
I’m very interested to give this a try, I love Amari and Rhum Barbancourt together!
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Rebecca Jeanson’s Avatar Rebecca Jeanson
24th October 2020 at 01:39
best drink ever
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