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Cardboard Plane

Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Citrusy · Sours (citrus)

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Ingredients

1 oz Bourbon whiskey
3/4 oz Triple sec
1/2 oz Amaro (e.g. Meletti)
3/4 oz Lemon juice
1/2 oz Pink grapefruit juice
2 drop Saline solution 4:1

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

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Flavour profile

19.1% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 172 calories

History

A bittered orange and grapefruit variation on the Paper Plane.

This is an adaptation of a recipe created at the Lion's Share in San Diego, California. Sterling Diesel brought it to attention in April 2025, via a comment on the Paper Plane page, as a fellow Discerning Drinker.