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Esprit d'Escalier

3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Eagle Rare 10
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice (Pink)
3⁄4 oz Amaro Nonino
Instructions

Shake with ice. Strain into coupe.

History

A Paper Plane variation, substituting grapefruit for lemon juice.

Cocktail summary
Created by
Kevin Martin, Eastern Standard, Boston MA, based on the Paper Plane by Sam Ross, Milk and Honey, New York, NY
Year
2010
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2010/12/esprit-descalier.html

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User rating
4 stars
(23 ratings)
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  • I agree with the others. Overly sweet and bordering on insipid.
  • I like this because I love grapefruit. But I think this drink is too soft, needs more edge or grip...
  • Very smooth and easy drinking. Made with Vecchio Amaro. Maybe a tad sweet.
  • Made with Ramazzotti. Refreshing and easy-drinking. — ★★★★★
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Comments
Dan commented on 11/07/2011:

Curated to show the origin of this riff.

sevyryelsdorn commented on 1/12/2020:

Disappointing. I tried this with three different amari to see whether that could improve it, but I found it pretty insipid.