Name: Ragtime
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Ramazzotti amaro; 30 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 2.5 ml Absinthe; 1 dash Creole bitters

Ragtime
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Photographed in a Michelangelo Coppa 225ml

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Amaro (e.g. Ramazzotti)
1 oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₁₂ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

This bittersweet drink benefits from the strength of bonded rye whiskey and was originally made with Rittenhouse.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2009 by Jeremy James Thompson at Raines Law Rooms in New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Ragtime contains 258 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
26.77% alc./vol. (26.77° proof)
28.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Timothy J Mannion

4th August 2024 at 22:07

I think there was a little too much absinthe when I blindly poured it into the mixing glass. That's what I get when I'm supposed to measure 1/12th oz! How one would even try that I can't imagine. Nonetheless, it's a beautifully colored cocktail, a bit spicy on the tongue, but amazingly smooth and silky otherwise, even though it's stirred. (I tend to stir longer than recommended, because I can.) All in all, it's entering rotation, and will be shared with friends! Only good friends.

Nick Badovinac

19th October 2024 at 14:28

1/12 of an ounce is about 3 dashes. I keep a dropper bottle full of absinthe for just such things. Also the dropper makes absinthe washing a glass for a sazerac or a corpse reviver #2 easy.

Martin Schwartz

9th June 2024 at 01:12

This is an excellent cocktail. Very easy to drink, perhaps too easy. It’s one of the reasons I always keep Ramazzotti in the house (another one being the Manhattan Transfer).

Luca Viviani

3rd March 2024 at 17:47

An excellent rye whiskey cocktail. I’m not so sure it is a good fit as an aperitivo: liquorice and anise notes may not be best suited to prepare the palate for a meal. I will make it again after dinner!

Susie Bright

3rd March 2024 at 02:15

Used Amaro Nonnino. It’s thundering outside, must make do. Like a Paper Plane only without lemon — the Peychaud’s and Absinthe instead. Very nice New Orleans vibe

Ian Fenton

8th October 2023 at 11:41

I used Amaro Lucano; I think it’s a reasonable substitute for Ramazzotti (although I haven’t had it for a while). Quite delicious; five stars for me.

Calvin Grant

8th April 2023 at 03:32

Rich liquorice notes.

John Hinojos

22nd January 2023 at 01:28

Very nice cocktail. It was a bit sweeter than I was expecting, to me it was more a 6 than 7, but that could be just my personal taste and the ingredients I was using. Overall, it was perfect as an aperitif before an pizza dinner.