Name: Toasted Ginger Godfather
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 10 ml Ginger liqueur; 10 ml Amaretto liqueur; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Toasted Ginger Godfather
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Ginger liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Adriatico Amaretto Liqueur
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare skewered crystallised ginger for garnish.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Rye and ginger liqueur provide the spice, bourbon adds a mellow backbone, while amaretto caresses the palate.

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History:

A riff on my Toasted Old Fashioned Godfather, created in November 2021 by Linda Cooke, a Discerning Drinker, who reports that her version not only tastes good (we agree!) but is something of a cold remedy.

Nutrition:

One serving of Toasted Ginger Godfather contains 210 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
33.02% alc./vol. (66.04° proof)
26.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

19th April at 12:53

Better than its parent. But still a bit sharp for us. So we added 10ml Meletti which softened and rounded it out nicely for us.

Simon Sedgley

19th April at 12:58

And we served it straight up in a Coupe glass. We are very averse to dilution.

Annechien

26th March at 17:44

I really liked it! Warm and spicy. Next time I want to try a bit more ginger and less amaretto. Not sure if it will be better but I love ginger and I’ll definitely want to make this again.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

23rd November 2025 at 21:22

Somewhere in the melee of whisky, spice and ginger, with the right amount and type of sweetness, is God's own cocktail. Pray we discover it.

Justin Aniello

10th February 2025 at 01:22

Even after trying again with a much subtler bourbon (I used a rye heavy one the first time) I found the ginger and amaretto got lost in the whiskies. Probably would work if I went all bourbon but don't think I'll try a third time.

James Casswell

15th April 2023 at 21:44

Fantastic. Makes me happy to have bought my first bottle of ginger liqueur.

keith field

13th April 2024 at 11:47

same here!

Sandi Simos

11th September 2022 at 22:13

This is a lovely drink. Agree with the previous comment that it’s well balanced. I love ginger and this just has a nice hint of it.

John Hinojos

3rd January 2022 at 01:48

This is perfectly balanced. Was concerned it would be a bit sweet, but everything works well together. There is a burst of various flavours, but nothing overpowers the others. Great variation of the Godfather.

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