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Cardamaro Vino Amaro
RECIPES
Accidental Cocktail
(adapted from the Occidental, PDT, New York City)
Prepare a coupe rinsed with Elisir Novasalus.
Combine in a mixing glass:
1.25 oz Batavia Arrack van Oosten
0.75 oz orange liqueur
0.5 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
1 pinch kosher salt
Stir with ice.
Strain into the prepared glass.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Amaro Manhattan
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz bourbon
0.75 oz Cardamaro
0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro
Strain into coupe or double rocks glass. Garnish with cherry.
Ambassador of Koin
(Karli Koinzan, Ambassador Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK)
Build in a flute:
1 raw sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.5 bar spoon Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Stir to combine.
Fill with 4 oz sparkling wine.
Stir to combine.
Careful Whisper
(variation on the Whisper, Savoy Cocktail Book)
Stir with ice:
1 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
1 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry
1 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino ‘Storico’
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Crosstown Traffic
Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:
1 oz Cardamaro
Stir to combine.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Digging in the Dirt
Build in a highball glass filled with ice:
1.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
1.5 oz Cardamaro
4.5 oz tonic water
Garnish with a lemon peel.
Double Dagger
(Jason Harris)
Stir with ice:
1 oz Hayman’s Royal Dock Navy Strength Gin
0.75 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.75 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti
0.5 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambéry
2 dash orange bitters
Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with orange peel.
False Start
(Adapted from Anne Robinson, NYC)
Lightly muddle 2 slices cucumber in mixing glass.
Stir with ice:
1.25 oz reposado tequila
1 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.75 oz Timbal Vermut de Reus Sweet Red
0.25 oz cynar
Fine strain into cocktail coupe.
Garnish with cucumber wheel.
Familia Cocktail
Build in a goblet or coupe:
1.5 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
3 oz Cocchi Asti DOCG or other moscato-based sparkling wine
Garnish with a lemon peel.
Freddo Corretto
(Salt Air, Venice, CA)
Shake with ice:
2 oz Cardamaro
1.75 oz cold brew coffee
0.25 oz demerara syrup
2 dash Angostura Bitters
Double-strain into a coupe.
Float 2 oz whipped cream (cream should be lightly whipped and pourable, as with Irish coffee)
Garnish with espresso coffee grinds.
Harvest Cocktail
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz apple brandy
1.5 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
2 dash Angostura Bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon peel.
A Highball for Monte
Build in a highball glass:
2 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
4 oz ginger beer
0.5 oz lime juice
Garnish with a lemon peel.
Jazz Flute
(riff on Gilchrist, PDT book)
Shake with ice:
1.25 oz Scotch whiskey
0.75 oz Purkhart Pear Williams Eau-de-Vie
0.75 oz ruby red grapefruit juice
0.5 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.25 oz simple syrup
1 dash grapefruit bitters
Double-strain into a coupe.
Garnish with lemon peel.
Lower Heights
Stir with ice:
2 oz Cardamaro
1 oz Pasubio Vino Amaro
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Lower Manhattan
Stir with ice:
2 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
1 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth de Chambéry
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Manna & Thistle
(based on the “Honey & Thistle”, Matthew Schrage, Cambridge, MA)
1.5 oz Cardamaro
0.75 oz Cocchi Americano
1 barspoon Elisir Novasalus
2 oz tonic water
Build in a tall glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Petit Boulevardier
Build in a double rocks glass filled with ice:
1 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
1 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth de Chambéry
Garnish with an orange peel.
Picket Fence
Build in a collins glass:
2 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
2 oz non-alcoholic apple cider
2 oz ginger beer
Garnish with a lemon twist.
Piemonte Mule
Build in a highball glass with ice:
1 oz vodka
1 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.5 oz lime juice
4 oz ginger beer
Garnish with a lime wheel.
Sancti Spiritus
(Kellie Thorn, Empire State South, Atlanta, Georgia)
Stir with ice:
1 oz The Scarlet Ibis Trinidad Rum
0.75 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.75 oz Cocchi Americano Bianco
1 bar spoon Rothman & Winter Orchard Pear Liqueur
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon peel.
Separatist
Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:
1.5 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
1.5 oz Cap Corse Mattei Rouge
Garnish with an orange peel.
Two Scoops
Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:
1 oz bourbon
1 oz Pasubio Vino Amaro
1 oz Cardamaro
Stir to combine.
Garnish with a lemon peel