Count Loretto Cocktail Recipe

Michael J. Neff
Count Loretto Cocktail Recipe

[Photograph: Jessica Leibowitz]

Fernet Branca is an acquired taste, but has become a favored shot of bartenders on both coasts. This drink is very sippable, but has been known to be poured in to a few shot glasses and enjoyed more vigorously as well. Either way, cheers!

Read more: From Behind the Bar: So You Want to Be a Bartender

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Ingredients

  • ice
  • 1 3/4 ounce Maker's Mark bourbon
  • 1 ounce Fernet Branca
  • 1/2 ounce Mount Gay Eclipse dark rum
  • garnish: orange twist

Directions

  1. 1.

    Fill a mixing glass with ice, then add bourbon, Fernet, and rum. Stir until very cold. Strain into a chilled rocks glass. Garnish with orange twist.

  2. 2.

    Alternately, strain into three shot glasses, wave the orange peel over them while twisting, and shoot.

This Recipe Appears In
From Behind the Bar: So You Want to Be a Bartender
Proprietor: Ward III & The Rum House

Since 1995, Michael J. Neff's writing and bartending careers have shadowed one another. He started both in Seattle, WA, sweet-talking his way in to his first bar gig where he was introduced to a theater company who took him on as playwright-in-residence. His plays have been performed around the world, and he is the co-founder of Seattle's 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival. Most of his creative energy these days is applied to building bars. He and his partners opened Ward III in Tribeca and The Rum House in Times Square. His cocktails have been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Penthouse Magazine and, of course, Serious Eats. Mr. Neff is a proud father of two girls, both of whom have cocktails named for them on the Ward III menu. His wife is a very talented chef, and the most patient bar-widow around.

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