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This is a nice, light, summer-y drink, by Jörg Krause.
Build the drink over ice in a glass, stir, and decorate with the grapefruit slice.
Looks super refreshing. Quintessentia is my favorite amaro... I'll definitely have to try this.
Sounds like pale ale as a cocktail
Have a favorite amaro or other amaro cocktails to suggest?
One of my favorites that includes an amaro is Paper Planes, by Sam Ross (¾ oz each of bourbon, Nonino Quintessentia Amaro, Aperol, and lemon juice; shaken with ice and strained into a coupe).
But that isn’t really an amaro drink, it just has some in it… you might like the Wandering Path, from Jeffrey Morganthaler (perhaps subbing the n/a amaro he uses for an alcoholic one). Here’s another, from Smuggler’s Cove, the Cosa Nostra #2.
Let me know what you think if you try any of these!
I agree with paper plane but double the bourbon or it's too sweet. So 1 oz bourbon 1/2 oz everything else, or 2 oz bourbon 1 oz everything else, depends on the day.
My favorite Amaro forward drink is 1/3 Heirloom Pineapple Amaro, 1/3 bourbon, 1/3 pineapple juice or tepache, juice of half a lime or quarter of a lemon.
You can also just shake with ice any Amaro, hard, with just a tiny little bit of lemon and sweet, and few grains of salt. Pour over crushed ice and enjoy - add sparkling water if it's too dense for you to taste - this lets you really taste and understand the flavor and is nice as an aperitif. A spritz of any of them is another way to do that.