Balloon Farm

Name: Balloon Farm
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 dash Peychaud's Bitters; 45 ml Scotch; 1 twst Lemon Twist; 15 ml Lemon Juice; 15 ml Aperol; 15 ml Cynar

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Shake Scotch, Cynar, Aperol, Lemon Juice with ice. Strain into a coupe.

A customer recently requested a Paper Plane and we discussed alternatives when Amaro Nonino isn't available. He suggested Cynar as an excellent substitute for Averno or Montenegro. Inspired, I experimented with Scotch at home using Cynar and Aperol, which pair well in drinks like the Juan Bautista and Mad Max. Initially trying equal parts, a smoky single malt might have worked better, but with a blend, I found success leaning towards more spirit. Naming it after Andy Warhol’s 1960s performance space from St. Marks Is Dead, I called it Balloon Farm.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Dry

Herbal

Smoky