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I made this with Wild Turkey "91" bourbon (50/50 blend of 101 and 81), Speyburn 10 year, Meletti amaro, & Becherovka. A little sweet at the front of each sip, with a little bitterness (that doesn't linger for too long) on the back-end. While this is certainly boozy "on paper", it's surprisingly smooth. I suppose this could vary depending on the bourbon and Speyside, but with the ingredients that I used, I'd maybe drop the boozy rating down to an 8 or 7, and maybe drop the sweet/dry/sour scale all the way down to a 5?! Overall, a very nice drink, made with a unique combination of ingredients that are also not too "exotic"/hard-to-find.

Very tasty. Could be a nice introduction for amaro novitiates. We used blended Scotch because it was handy (and because -- for first try of this recipe -- we didn't want to "waste" single malt on a drink we might not like).