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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).