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Created in 2011 by Ted Kilgore at the bar “Taste” in St. Louis, MIssouri. Commonly seen as a ‘bartenders handshake’ owing to the very strong components that combine to create this delicious and (believe it or not) well-balanced drink. It combines the deeply bitter amari Fernet-Branca and herbal Green Chartreuse.
Ingredients
3/4 oz Fernet 3/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice 3/4 oz Simple Syrup 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse
Method
Place ingredients in shaking tin, add ice, shake for 15 seconds.
Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish with lime twist.
Equipment
Peeler or Knife
Citrus Press
Shaker
Hawthorne Strainer
Fine Strainer
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The Friûl Libar’s name refers to the Friluan people’s political movement in northeast Italy, where Amaro Nonino is produced.
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Amaro Nonino Quintessentia 1/2 oz Plymouth Navy Strength Gin 1/2 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice 1/4 oz Demerara Simple Syrup 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Method
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
Shake until chilled.
Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
Express oils from twist over, rub along glass rim and notch on edge of rim.
Equipment
Shaker
Fine Strainer
Hawthorne Strainer
Peeler or Knife
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