Name: Yesterday, Today and Amaro
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 7.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna)

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Amaro (e.g. Averna)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
32.94% alc./vol. (65.88° proof)
29.7 grams of pure alcohol

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."

Comments & Discussion

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Justin Aniello 1y

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.

Dan Casselman 1y

Nicely stated.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 1y

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.

Avery Garnett 3y

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.

Avery Garnett 3y

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

Rob San 9w

I do not love love whiskey like I do tequilla, gin & rums. But I do like that I can make these complex, very flavorful boozy drinks (rye ones in particular) as slow sippers... sometimes lasting 30-40 minutes of tiny sips. Freezer chilled serving glass is requisite, in lieu of ice.

I love the complex New Orleans rye cocktails in particular: Vieux Carré, Sazerac, Creole etc. BTW, expressed citrus oils are essential before sipping these great/tasty whiskey drinks!