Oh. My. God.

[kickaha]

Had Averna Amaro liqueur in a drink the other night, and we just had to pick up a bottle. It's a sweet bitters, if that makes any sense. Kind of like an Unicum Zwack, but with a nice sweet touch.

So tonight we have...

1 part Averna
1 part Belle de Brillet pear cognac
2 parts Warwick Distillery Apple Bourbon (very dry)
2 parts OJ
3 frozen pitted Bing cherries
1 part ginger ale
2 dashes of bitters
on the rocks

Without the OJ it's kind of *cough* strong, but that little bit of juice really moderates it. With a bit more ginger ale, it finishes sharp and spicy, but without it, it is a bit cloying in texture - soda water or sparkling water might be better, to be honest, and would let it be lightened up a bit by adding more.

But really, this is... um... holy cow. We just need to come up with a name for it. Any ideas?

Edit: You know, on second thought, and second quaff, I think I'd replace the OJ and ginger ale with soda water. The juice is swamping the apple and pear liqueurs, and they really deserve to shine through.

Comments

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

Spuyten Digestif.


(I'm enjoying refining this. I want it to be less sweet, but I think we need club soda and unsweetened grapefruit juice.)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

It may be the Averna talking, but YES! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

I take that back.

Spuyten Duygestif.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Oh god that's horrible. :D

[ex-eridan.livejournal.com]

..... must be an inside joke.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Spuyten Duyvil is a town just south of here, apparently derived from the Dutch for Spitting Devil. Pronounced sp-eye-ten d-eye-vil. Produces a good chuckle on the MTA train. :)

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

More helpfully, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spuyten_Duyvil,_Bronx . :D

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

Also, the first time we had Averna in a cocktail was in a restaurant on the Hudson this week, so it kinda works. And drinks with amaro liquors are generally "digestifs".

[ex-eridan.livejournal.com]

it definitely sounds interesting, maybe i have to go up there and ride the trains to get the funny.... how about blenheims ginger instead of regular ginger? too much?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think so - in fact, I'd go so far as to replace the ginger ale/OJ with soda water or sparkling water (tonic maybe?) just to keep it light. :)