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Monteleone

Nightcap/sipping · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

4.0 49 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Bourbon whiskey
1 oz Cognac (brandy)
1 oz Amaro (e.g. Averna)
2 dash Cherry 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 lemon zest twist.

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 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

29.7% alc./vol. · 1.9 standard drinks

History

A sipper of a cocktail to follow a meal or for late-night contemplation.

This recipe is adapted from one created in 2020 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. Mr Clapham stated that the drink, originally served straight-up, is "The Monteleone, a Vieux Carré riff named after the Sicilian founder of the hotel where the Vieux Carré was born, in New Orleans – I am guessing he was partial to Averna like most Sicilians I have met."

Created by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails