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Paper Plane

Aperitivo/aperitif · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Contemporary classic

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Ingredients

3/4 oz Bourbon whiskey
3/4 oz Amaro (e.g. Nonino)
3/4 oz Orange-red aperitivo
3/4 oz Lemon juice

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of miniature paper plane skewered or pegged to rim (&/or lemon zest twist).

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with miniature paper plane skewered or pegged to rim (&/or lemon zest twist).

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Flavour profile

16.7% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks · 168 calories

History

Bourbon notes are evident beneath the bittersweet and lemon zest.

In 2007, Sam Ross created a variation of the Last Word at The Violet Hour in Chicago, Illinois. Initially, he prepared the drink with Amaro Nonino Quintessentia and Campari. However, he later substituted Campari with a less bitter aperitivo liqueur, a change he made when he began serving the cocktail at New York's Milk & Honey. Sam states, "This cocktail is named after the M.I.A. track that was blasting on repeat the summer we worked on the drink."

Created by Sam Ross