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Paper Plane

Four ingredients, 30 ml each, with lemon brightening Aperol's bitter orange and amaro's herbs.

Home-bar collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Bourbon
    30 ml / 1.01 US fl oz
  • Amaro Nonino

    The original uses Amaro Nonino

    30 ml / 1.01 US fl oz
  • Aperol
    30 ml / 1.01 US fl oz
  • Lemon Juice
    30 ml / 1.01 US fl oz

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

Make it

  1. Chill the coupe in the refrigerator or fill it with ice water.
  2. Pour the four ingredients into a shaker and fill with ice.
  3. Shake hard for about 12 seconds.
  4. Strain into a chilled coupe.

Behind the drink

Created around 2008 by Sam Ross for The Violet Hour in Chicago, named after the song Paper Planes that he was listening to repeatedly. It initially used Campari, later replaced with Aperol.

Recipe reference

Adapted from the IBA recipe; see the ingredient notes for home-bar adjustments.

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