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Atta Girl
A delightfully expressive bittersweet aperitivo/digestivo that makes for a tasty alternative to a Negroni, especially when served over ice in an old-fashioned...
Jeremy Harrold
5th January 2025 at 17:00
A suitably intriguing cocktail with sweet red fruit, bitterness held in check and the Fernet’s menthol weaving between the two.
1st December 2024 at 18:05
Hubba, and furthermore, hubba. Fernet really is a magic ingredient.
21st October 2024 at 12:01
Delightful indeed. We think it's the vermouths that are the subtly pulsing heart here but, as with all fine cocktails, the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts.
20th October 2024 at 11:42
Still tentative about fernet branca, but this is starting to convince me… the pomegranate definitely helps to balance it.
4th December 2024 at 00:12
As I continue on my cocktail journey I am finding bitter less bitter if that makes sense! So on second go round I forewent the saline and think it is actually better. With out muting the bitterness with saline it seemed to me it enhanced the complexity of the drink.
1st November 2024 at 23:02
For those also tentative about Fernet Branca because of its bitterness, the saline solution really helps suppress that making this a very balanced cocktail.
18th October 2024 at 17:37
Cheers! My mashup of 2 drinks from the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book -- the Hanky Panky and the Attaboy (both drinks good enough to have world class bars named after them).
19th November 2024 at 23:15
Simply superb! This one goes straight to my favourites!
8th November 2024 at 21:28
And what a great mashup it is! Thanks!