Sophie Burton is beverage director of JoJo’s Beloved Cocktail Lounge in Atlanta.
The My Offer Is Nothing cocktail is a Godfather riff. Originally just blended Scotch and Amaretto, the drink, while dessert-like, lacked depth. This cocktail is a favorite for bartenders to play with.
Dialing back the amaretto and adding Dragoncello (a tarragon liqueur) gives a few new notes, while the lemon oil and mole bitters round out this cocktail to a luxuriant savory, smokey, kiss of sweet finish.
My Offer Is Nothing
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Glenmorangie X Scotch
- ½ oz. Amaretto
- ¼ oz. Dragoncello
- 7 drops Bittermens mole bitters
- Lemon swath
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a mixing glass.
- Add cubed ice and stir about 40 times.
- Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over a king cube.
- Garnish with a manicured lemon twist (make it look pretty!).
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