- 1oz blended scotch
- 1oz elderflower liqueur
- 1oz Alta Verde amaro
Stir and serve over a large rock.
Nice balance, in the Old Pal family. Floral, piney, oaky. Good balance of bitter and sweet.
Gin variant
- 0.5oz dry vermouth
- 0.5oz elderflower liqueur (Fiorente)
- 0.5oz Alta Verde amaro
- 1oz London dry gin
- pinch of salt
Also nice. Clear and bracing, with floral notes and sweetness from the elderflower, but a complex bitter finish.
This is heading in a Martini direction, try leaning into it by upping the gin and reducing the liqueurs.
Gin Martini variant
- 0.5oz dry vermouth
- 0.25oz elderflower liqueur (Fiorente)
- 0.25oz Alta Verde amaro
- 2oz gin (preferably Drumshanbo Gunpowder, London Dry also good)
- pinch of salt
Stir and serve up in a chilled coupe.
Very nice Martini. Floral and bitter notes recede into the background but still present as a complex finish.
Fantastic with Gunpowder gin, brings out the tea notes.
Pisco Martini variant
- 0.5oz dry vermouth
- 0.25oz elderflower liqueur (Fiorente)
- 0.25oz Alta Verde amaro
- 2oz pisco
- pinch of salt
On a whim made this with Pisco instead of gin. Works really well. Different experience - pisco brings sweetness and a gentle acidity, vs the herbal complexity of the gin. Bitterness of the amaro is a very interesting finish to the sweet palate.