Menorcan Sherry-Ferry

Name: Menorcan Sherry-Ferry
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 45 ml Gin; 23 ml Cappelletti Aperitivo; 23 ml Valdespino Jerez Quina

A stirred, bitter-leaning gin drink in which Cappelletti Aperitivo and Valdespino Jerez Quina share the stage, with Angostura bitters adding spice. Created by Shawn C. in Fresno, California in 2025.

Similar names: Staten Island Ferry

Shawn C. of Fresno, California, created the Menorcan Sherry-Ferry in 2025, building on the Negroni's structure and on Pedro Chicote's sherry quina cocktails from the late 1940s. A vino amaro supplies the bitterness and sherry quina takes the place of vermouth, while Spanish bitters add chamomile notes and a spicy edge. Mahón Gin, made on Menorca from local juniper berries for more than three centuries, gives the drink a strong juniper character.

Method

Stirred

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal