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20 best Cynar cocktails

Created in 1949, Cynar the Italian aperitif is flavoured with artichoke leaves (Cynara scolymus), from which the drink derives its name and 12 other botanicals...
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Sterling Diesel’s Avatar Sterling Diesel
30th June 2025 at 18:46
If you haven't tried it, id recommend "Growing Old and Dying Happy Is a Hope, Not an Inevitability" as a contender for your list of best Cynar drinks

2oz cynar (regular, not 70)
1 oz. rye whiskey
3-5 lemon peels
5-7 drops of 4:1 saline
Express lemon peels so the oil goes into mixing glass, then add them to the glass itself for a regal stir. strain up into an absinthe-rinsed coupe, lemon peel expressed and used as garnish. From Maksym Pazuniak and Kirk Estopinal at the Cure bar in New Orleans
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
1st July 2025 at 08:47
Longest named cocktail I've encountered. I'll be sue to add to Difford's Guide ASAP. Thanks, Sterling.
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Sterling Diesel’s Avatar Sterling Diesel
1st July 2025 at 16:54
It calls for 100+ proof, I couldn't fit that in the original comment though.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did :-)
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