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Lydia
March 12, 2025
The Paper Plane is a fantastic part of what has become a base formula for those of us who create, a genre of drinks calling for 4 equal parts of a base liquor, an amaro, a citrus or bright thing, and another amaro or carrier liquor. It's almost foolproof, but some are exquisite. The Last Word is another success and one of my favorites - gin, chartreus, marachino-luxardo, and lime.
Teresa
January 14, 2025
I tried this smashing cocktail for the first time on New Year's Eve 2014 at an LA restaurant. Since then, my bar is always stocked with Amaro Nonino, which can sometimes be difficult to find (even in Italy, crazily enough). In a pinch, one can use Montenegro, which bartenders seem to have more readily available.
Claire
January 11, 2025
So I gathered all the ingredients, the only thing I had to visit The total wine for was the Amaro, which the very helpful staff member helped me find.
The cocktail was DELIGHTFUL!
I am using all caps because I really mean it.
Will definitely use the recipe that is so easy to triple and quadruple for as many people as you are serving it for. Maybe freshly picked lemons from my tree made the difference, but I will be definitely making it again and again
Thanks so much for the great experience!
The cocktail was DELIGHTFUL!
I am using all caps because I really mean it.
Will definitely use the recipe that is so easy to triple and quadruple for as many people as you are serving it for. Maybe freshly picked lemons from my tree made the difference, but I will be definitely making it again and again
Thanks so much for the great experience!
Lydia
March 12, 2025
You actually used two amaros! 😁 Amaro is a class of liquors (more of an umbrella term) that are blended from bitters and aromatics and are usually bitter and almost always sweet. It's an Italian word and there are amari from all the regions of Italy, but Aperol and Campari are two that are most universal and quite bitter. The Nonino is more textured, sweeter, and more botanical than Aperol, but same idea - highly flavored, preciously blended, super idiosyncratic. Amaretto is another you may know - made from almonds (which are bitter at strength) or sometimes cherries (as in DiSaronno), and some come from other countries like France and even the US! Several brands of Fernet (another subset of amaro) are made in the US, others made with artchokes, cranberries, gentian, bitter hops, foresty-stuff. Telling you because you loved it so, and I'm guessing this is a direction you'd like opened to you. ❤️
RachieCook
October 21, 2022
A high value, classic cocktail: fabulously balanced and a cinch to make.
copper9lives
January 8, 2021
I am a fan of tart flavors; less so, of sweet. This had such a gorgeous balance of sweet and tart, with the subtle bitter of the Amaro (I used Angostura Amaro)! It was bright, warm, and the flavors melded wonderfully. As an aperitif, digestif, or cocktail party/holiday special, this drink does it all! New fave for me!
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