I’ve had a fantastic variation dubbed a Pearoplane, adding in some pear purée. The result is obviously much sweeter, but the herbal and bitter notes still come through in an old fashioned pear drop candy flavour
Saw this on The Today Show. It's Craig Melvin's personal twist. They tasting team created cocktails just this week.
Love a Paper Plane as-is, but felt obliged to try my own Mr. Potato Head variation. Because this one goes dark, I’m calling it a Stealth Bomber:
0.75oz Wild Turkey 101 (50.5% - I think I would bump to 1oz if using regular strength bourbon)
0.75oz Zucca
0.75oz Montenegro
0.75oz lemon juice
Express a grapefruit swath over the top and discard.
"Stealth Bomber " 😂.. love it!!
I had my first Paper Plane (or Paper Airplane) at a brewery in eastern Iowa, a couple of years ago. Thought I had died and gone to heaven!
Sadly... it's not a well known cocktail and I've not come across a bar where they know how to make one. Many will not go off menu so I can't even get them to make one. Glad I'm mostly a home- cocktail drinker! (Cheaper that way anyways, LOL!!)
I didn't have "margarita bitters." I used orange bitters, about a 1/4 oz like lime juice, 1/2 oz lemon juice and shook in an egg white. Nice step up that cut the cloying semi-sweet texture.
