Name: The Queen's Steeple
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Amaro; 25 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 15 ml Rosolio Bergamotto; 3 drop Boker's bitters

The Queen's Steeple
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Photographed in a Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro Montenegro
⁵⁄₆ oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
¹⁄₂ oz	Italicus liqueur
3 drop	Boker's bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange 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

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Amaro pleasantly dominates this bittersweet, delicately orangey aperitif cocktail.

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History:

Created in 2017 by Loris Carotenuto at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Queen's Steeple contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
16.2% alc./vol. (16.2° proof)
13.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Garth Stanish

13th February at 04:17

I think the italicus gets buried a bit in this combo by the amaro… and, as others have noted, it’s sweeter than the dryness guide indicates.

Justin Aniello

19th December 2024 at 22:03

I love everything in this cocktail but unfortunately they didn't play together too well, though I do find montenegro/nonino heavy cocktails to be generally underwhelming (but I love it as a background flavor).

Nicola Adams

14th July 2024 at 18:28

This cocktail has a lovely overall flavour, but I’m afraid it’s just too sweet to be great.

Anonymous

6th February 2022 at 19:25

I didn't have Montenegro so substituted with Averna, reduced the ratio a bit but still find it overpoweringly sweet. May have to adjust the ratio some more for my own tastes...

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