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Simon Sedgley
19th June at 15:06
Coming back to this wonderful cocktail, we wondered if a gin variant might work. So we went with Never Never Gin (it's 43% ABV so a bit bolder than some others) instead of the Bourbon, used Amaro Nonino Quintessentia (for its brightness), reduced the red bitter liqueur to 17.5ml and substituted orange bitters for the Angostura. Perhaps this puts it somewhere between a Paper Plane and a Last Word. We didn't do any due diligence so apologies if we are reinventing someone else's wheel.
5th June at 15:24
We have no access to CioCiaro so, on nothing other than a hunch, went with Nardini Amaro. An exceptional bourbon sour.
22nd June at 13:25
And we've now decided that Tempus Fugit Gran Classico is the red bitter liqueur to use here...less bitter and austere than the Italian red bitters and slightly more fruity...perfect for this sour.
5th June at 03:22
Killer bourbon cocktail! I don't love whiskey as others do, but make bourbon or rye drinks as slowsippers. This has the "sour"essence mellowed by 65brix sugar.
This will be a new favorite to go with my N.O. rye sippers, the Vieux Carré at the front of that list.
This will be a new favorite to go with my N.O. rye sippers, the Vieux Carré at the front of that list.