Bitter Italian, A Great Low A.B.V. Cocktail

Name: Bitter Italian Recipe
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 3 min
Ingredients: 1.25 ounces Amaro CioCiaro; 0.75 ounce Aperol; 0.5 ounce Maraschino Liqueur; 0.5 ounce Lemon Juice

by Carl Busch | Mar 23, 2023 | 2 comments

Are looking for a cocktail that is low ABV? What about something that has Amaro has the base of your cocktail?

The Bitter Italian created by Leandro from the The Educated Barfly checks both of those boxes. He specially choose Amaro CioCiaro as the main spirit to hold this drink up.

In addition to CioCiaro, he uses Aperol and a Maraschino Liqueur to give this drink a great complex and well balanced taste.

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Bitter Italian Recipe

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Recipe by Carl Busch Course: BeverageCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

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Prep time

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Leandro from the @TheEducatedBarfly created the Bitter Italian. This is a low ABV cocktail that uses three different Italian liquors.

Ingredients

1.25 ounces 1.25 Amaro CioCiaro
0.75 ounce 0.75 Aperol
0.5 ounce 0.5 Maraschino Liqueur
0.5 ounce 0.5 Lemon Juice

Directions

Add all ingredients into a shaking tin.
Add ice.
Shake hard for 12 - 15 seconds.
Double strain over large ice cube in double rocks glass.
Garnish with a lemon twist.

Carl Busch( Content Creator )

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Beermotor on June 27, 2023 at 6:42 pm

This is a stirred cocktail, not shaken. I like to dial back the ciociaro to 1 and add .25 Fernet. Delicious.
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- Carl Busch on June 28, 2023 at 1:48 pm
  
  I saw that after I made this post, he re did the cocktail as I stirred cocktail. I will have to try your riff. Thanks
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