This equal-parts variant created in the late 2010s, stems from the Prohibition-era Last Word and even more directly from Sam Ross’ Paper Plane invented a few years earlier. The key difference here is the introduction of a spicy Ancho Reyes liqour.
Half Hour Flight
SpiritWhiskey
Cocktail familyEqual-Parts · Sour
Flavors
Makes
Ingredients
3/4ozBourbon
3/4ozFresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
3/4ozAperol
3/4ozAncho Reyes
Method
Place ingredients in shaking tin, add ice, shake for 15 seconds.
This equal parts cocktail is also modeled on the Last Word, but uses yellow Chartreuse, green’s sweeter and mellower cousin. It comes in at 80-proof, versus green’s sharper, nearly minty 110. Barrel-proof Rittenhouse rye is ideal here.
Monte Cassino
SpiritWhiskey
Cocktail familyEqual-Parts · Sour
FlavorsFresh · Herbal
Makes
Ingredients
3/4ozRittenhouse Rye
3/4ozYellow Chartreuse
3/4ozBenedictine
3/4ozFresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
Method
Combine all ingredients, then fill your shaker with ice and shake until chilled and diluted, about 15 seconds.
Double-strain into a chilled coupe, then express lemon twist over and garnish.
Oh boy, is this one a revelation. Here is a gateway drug for anyone who thinks of themselves as “not a whiskey drinker.” Created by famed bartender Sam Ross in 2008 and named for the MIA song that was inescapable that summer, this drink is a modern classic and a great introduction to the world of Amari, here using Nonino Quintessentia. Buy a bottle – you’ll be glad you did.
The Penicillin cocktail was created in 2005 by Australian bartender Sam Ross at the legendary bar Milk & Honey in NYC. A modern riff on the classic Whiskey Sour and Gold Rush that went on to become a modern classic. Designed as a modern riff on the classic Whiskey Sour and the Gold Rush, it became a rare “modern classic”. Its name honors the life-saving antibiotic, playing on the idea that its soothing, medicinal ingredients act as a cure-all.
