5 Something Delicious's

To get the recipe buy Left Coast Libations

A very juicy drink that will appear many times this summer.

Sampling of amari

don't know if all of these technically count as Amaro but we sniffed then sampled them.

It was a very fun evening.

Turf War

From http://www.imbibemagazine.com/In-This-Issue-March/April-2012  (March April Issues)

Black Manhattan

2 oz Rittenhouse Rye

1 oz Averna

1 dash Angostura

1 dash Orange Bitters: I used Regan's 

cherry: Oculus soaked cherry from Mission Hill vineyards

I've never had Averna on it's own so I didn't know what to expect.  Found this to be sweet which I did not expect.  A nice drink.

Various Italian Bitters

This was at Locanda on Valencia in SF.

The Amaro's were:

Noino "Qunitessa", Friuli

Mondenegro, Bologna

Ramazzotti, Milano

Lucano, Basilicata

Fernet Branca, Milano

Fernet Branca Menthe, Milano

Great restaurant!!!

Top of the Mark @ the Top of the Mark

I don't recall the recipe but I think it was a simple martini

Negroni

equal parts 

Gin

Vermouth

Campari

fresh orange zest

stir over ice,

pour into a chilled glass filled with crushed ice.

If you can't flame the orange zest no big deal

I like to cut/zest the orange over the drink so the oils cover the surface of the drink