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Michael Dietsch
Michael Dietsch is a writer and two-time author based in the Washington, D.C. area whose work focuses on cocktails and spirits.
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Michael Dietsch
Updated 06/30/16

In this cocktail from Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic & Original Cocktails, Canadian whisky tames the bitter, herbal bite of Fernet-Branca.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Canadian rye whiskey (Alberta Dark Batch)
  • 1/4 oz Fernet-Branca
  • 1/4 oz Simple syrup
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • Garnish: Orange peel

Steps

  1. Fill a mixing glass 2/3 full of ice, and add the rye, Fernet-Branca, simple syrup and bitters.

  2. Stir for 15 seconds, until chilled and diluted, strain into a chilled coupe glass, and garnish with an orange peel.