All the Difference

Stir with ice:

1.25 oz rye whiskey

1.25 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Amaro Manhattan

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz bourbon

0.75 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

Strain into coupe or double rocks glass. Garnish with cherry.

Campfire Sour

Shake with ice:

1.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

1.5 oz 90-proof bourbon

0.5 oz lemon juice

Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with a lemon wheel.

 

Charming Man

(Adapted from Joaquín Simó, NYC)

Stir with ice:

1 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

1 oz añejo tequila

1 oz cream sherry

2 dashes mole bitters

Strain into rocks glass over ice.

Garnish with orange peel.

Draft of Smoke

Build in a pint glass:

2 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

12 oz grapefruit Radler (or grapefruit IPA)

 

King's Cobbler

(Neal Bodenheimer, New Orleans)

Shake without ice:

1/2 strawberry, muddled

2 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz simple syrup

Strain into metal cup over crushed ice.

Garnish with mint and half strawberry.

Lucky Duck Collins

(Kevin Bradel, NYC)

Shake with ice:

2 muddled strawberries

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz simple syrup

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

1.5 oz Plymouth gin

Strain into collins glass filled with ice.

Top with seltzer.

Garnish with a strawberry.

Lush Interlude

(Braden LaGrone, New Orleans)

Shake with ice:

1 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

1 oz aged rum

0.75 oz lime juice

0.5 oz orange-flavored liqueur with an aged brandy base

0.25 oz Demerara syrup (2:1)

Strain into a cocktail glass.

Garnish with an orange peel.

 

Man on a Wire

(John Dempster, Portland, OR)

Dry shake:

2 oz blanco tequila

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge

0.75 oz demerara syrup

0.75 oz lime

1 egg white

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe.

Mist with Amaro Sfumato Rababaro.

Mezzo-Mezzo

1.5 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti

1.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with a lemon twist.

Top with 1 splash club soda.

Negroni con Fumo

Stir with ice:

1 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

1 oz Hayman’s Royal Dock Navy Strength Gin

1 oz Timbal Vermut de Reus Sweet Red

Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with an orange peel.

 

Pruned Plume

Shake with ice:

1.5 oz Averell Damson Gin

1 oz bourbon

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

Strain over ice in rocks glass.

Garnish with lemon twist.

La Revuelta

(Lynn Falk, Pittsburgh, PA)

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz dark rum

0.75 oz Cocchi Dopo Teatro Vermouth Amaro

1 bar spoon Amaro Rabarbaro Sfumato

5 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters

1 mint sprig

Strain into a cocktail glass.

Garnish with an orange twist.

Rum al Pastor

Stir with ice:

2 oz Plantation Pineapple Original Dark Rum

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

1 dash orange bitters

Strain into coupe or double rocks glass.

Garnish with grapefruit peel.

 

The Smoke Also Rises

(Orestes Cruz, Atlanta, GA)

Shake with ice:

2 oz white rum

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

0.5 oz grapefruit juice

0.5 oz lime juice

0.25 oz maraschino liqueur

0.25 oz simple syrup

Double strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a lime wheel.

Walk With a Smoke

(adapted from the Swagger Cocktail by Jamie Boudreau, Seattle)

Shake with ice:

1.5 oz Hayman’s Old Tom Gin

0.5 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth de Chambéry

0.5 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

0.5 oz grapefruit juice

Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with a grapefruit slice.

Welcome, Ghosts

(Nic Christiansen, Louisville, KY)

1.5 oz Copper & Kings Immature Brandy

0.75 oz Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

0.5 oz lemon juice

0.5 oz honey syrup (2:1)

2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Shake with ice.

Strain into rocks glass over ice.

Garnish with 1 dash mole bitters and a lemon twist.