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Ingredients
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Cocktail
Method
Cocktail
- 1
Prepare glass
Chill an old-fashioned (rocks) glass by filling it with ice water and set aside while you build the cocktail.
- 2
Measure ingredients
Measure 1.5 oz bourbon, 0.75 oz Averna, 0.75 oz Aperol, 0.25 oz fresh lemon juice, 0.25 oz simple syrup, and 1 dash Angostura bitters.
- 3
Combine and stir
Discard the ice water from the chilled glass. In a mixing glass or shaker filled with mixing ice (about 1 cup), add bourbon, Averna, Aperol, lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters. Stir gently with a bar spoon for 20–30 seconds until well-chilled and properly diluted (mixing glass should frost slightly).
- 4
Strain
Place 2–3 fresh ice cubes into the chilled rocks glass. Double-strain the cocktail from the mixing glass into the serving glass using a Hawthorne strainer (and fine mesh strainer if available) to keep small ice shards out.
- 5
