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Antoni Baltar’s Avatar Antoni Baltar
8th May at 19:51
First of all, I completely disagree: THIS IS NOT a Last Word riff. Are we saying that every single cocktail that has 4 ingredients in equal proportions, one of them lime/lemon juice, other one a strong spirit, is a Last Word riff? DEFFINITELY NOT. This one is a very different cocktail. In my (modest) opinion, what make this drink different is the use of two amari. Said this, I didn't have Nonino in hand, and a populr AI suggested Averna. Moreover, it suggested different proportions and bitters. So I went with :
1.75 oz bourbon (Buffalo Trace)
1.25 oz Aperol
1 oz Averna
1 oz lemon juice
2 dashes of Regan's bitters ( its election over Angostura orange, Scrappy's, Fee Brothers, Fee Brothers Gin Barrel Aged, Bitter Truth)
Excellent cocktail! And please, I'm a Last Word lover, and this cocktail has anything in common at all. Love U all, cocktail lovers
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
13th May at 05:31
Antoni, the recipe has just the one (not two) amaro. And to our taste, there is really no satisfactory substitute for Nonino Quintessentia. If pushed hard, we might substitute Amaro Nardini or, at a pinch, Ramazzotti but not the Sicilian Averna. While the comments here on this website are proof perfect that discerning drinkers abound, there is no such thing as a discerning AI. Better to trust to trial and error with your own taste buds. Cheers.
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