I had seen this on Difford’s a few weeks ago while looking at things to use Luxardo in, and I starred it. We had a cocktail night with some good friends last night with the guy who had introduced us to the Paper Plane a couple of years ago. I had told him about it and he said “let’s do it!” I made it with Four Roses Single Barrel and Nonino. We all really enjoyed it!!

Quite an experience we had with joe , discovering this variant! Today i spent some time at Verre à Monique with joe and had the pleasure of sipping this refreshing cocktail.

I used High West Bourbon, Luxardo Maraschino, and Montenegro Amaro. While I did enjoy the drink, I'd tinker a bit with it trying a few other Amaro's or maybe just cutting back the maraschino a bit.

An excellent Paper Plane variant. I upped the base liquor (bourbon) to 1 oz to tame the sweetness, which I do for pretty much all Last Word/variant cocktails, and used Cheritelli rather than Luxardo maraschino for its more pronounced maraschino flavor, which stands up to the bourbon and amaro. No Braulio, though, and lacking Difford's vast library of 60+ amari I considered Lucano because it's next to Braulio on Difford's amari page, but then remembered I had a new bottle of Meletti I'd been meaning to try, so went with that instead. Good choice. Its flavors work well with the bourbon and maraschino, and Meletti is light enough that it doesn't overwhelm the other ingredients in this drink as a darker, heavier amaro might (see comments of R. Spain below).

Very good, but Braulio masks bourbon and maraschino. So, imho, it's tasty but not really balanced. In any case, I will probably repeat.