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Bitter Giuseppe

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  • Serves: 1
  • Date added: 2025-03-07

Description

A cult favorite within the modern classic amaro cocktail canon, Stephen Cole’s Bitter Giuseppe, created at Chicago’s Violet Hour, uses Cynar as the foundation. The cocktail can be enjoyed as an aperitivo or an after-dinner digestivo and is one of several rule-breaking modern cocktails that gets stirred, rather than shaken, despite the inclusion of fresh lemon juice.

Summary

  • 2:1:.25 cynar:sweet vermouth:lemon juice

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces Cynar
  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth, preferably Carpano Antica Formula
  • .25 ounce lemon juice
  • 6 dashes Regans' orange bitters
  • Garnish: lemon twist

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until chilled.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
  3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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PUNCH

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