Fernando

1 1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1 3⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Cinzano
3⁄4 oz Galliano
1 spg Mint (smacked, as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, straight up, cocktail glass, smack mint on palm and lay on surface as garnish

Cocktail summary
Posted by Dan on
Created by
Employee's Only bar, New York, NY
Year
2010
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

Speakeasy by Jason Kosmas & Dushan Zaric http://egullet.org/p1789975

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(6 ratings)
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  • sweet and minty... weird
  • Excellent with cocchi americano substituted for the white vermouth.
  • Strong Fernet presence. A bit chocolaty, if you use your imagination. Good drink for a Fernet lover. Plenty sweet with Bianco. Nicely dry and complex with fin — ★★★
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Comments

Pretty impressed with this - a Fernet cocktail (with more than 1/4 oz. of the stuff) that I can get behind. I know it's an Employees Only original, but any ideas as to where the name comes from?

In Argentina, a Fernet & Coca-Cola (effectively the national beverage) is sometimes called a Fernando. I don't know if the EO boys had that in mind when they named their decidedly not Coke-tasting beverage, but it could be the source, or perhaps both drinks draw from some older piece of Fernet lore I don't know about. Or maybe the EO guys are just huge ABBA fans.

DrunkLab, thanks for the info! And thank you for presenting it in a manner that made me lol at least twice.