New Friend Recipe

Nick Caruana
New Friend Recipe
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  • Yield:makes 1 cocktail
  • Active time:2 minutes
  • Total time:2 minutes
This recipe appears in:
Classic Drinks: The Old Pal and a New Friend

[Photograph: Nick Caruana]

This twist on the classic Old Pal cocktail uses lighter-flavored Aperol instead of Campari, and brings in bitter Cocchi Americano in the place of dry vermouth. It's an easy-drinking combination.

A note on the rye: I prefer a lower proof rye for this one, like Old Overholt or Templeton, both of which come in at 80 proof.

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce rye whiskey
  • 1 ounce Aperol
  • 1 ounce Cocchi Americano
  • Garnish: orange twist

Directions

  1. 1.

    Fill a mixing glass 2/3 full with ice. Add rye, Aperol, and Cocchi Americano. Stir until well chilled, about 20 seconds.

  2. 2.

    Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with orange twist and serve.

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