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Cherry Bomb No. 2

Nightcap/sipping · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

4.2 12 ratings

Ingredients

1 5/6 oz Blanco tequila
1/6 oz Amaro (e.g. Montenegro)
1/6 oz Acqua Bianca liqueur
1/6 oz Maraschino liqueur
1/6 oz Cherry brandy
2 dash Spiced choc. bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and green olive.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry and green olive.

Flavour profile

27.3% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 172 calories

History

A complex Cherry Old Fashioned. Acerola cherry juice sugar syrup provides apricot notes. Cherry or apricot brandy liqueurs are alternatives.

Kat "The Queen of Tequila" Stanley Whyte, of The American Bar at The Savoy in London, England, created this recipe in 2022.

Created by Kat “The Queen of Tequila” Stanley-Whyte