Aperitif cocktails

[Ambulance Chaser]

List your favorites.

I've been drinking the following:

Agavoni
1 oz. silver tequila
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1 oz. Campari
1-2 dashes Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters

Vermouth cocktail (modified from recipe in GQ)
1 oz. dry vermouth
1 oz. blanc vermouth
0.5 oz. Clear Creek pear brandy
0.25 oz. St. Germain

 

[ErnestoG.]

campari - 1.5 oz
sweet vermouth, a little bit
club soda - fill rest of glass
orange zest.

i rarely go away from that during the summer.

 

[Stu]

I remember reading Hemingway once, I think it was in Moveable Feast, and he wrote about drinking Rum Dubonets. I tried them and liked them quite a bit. Best to use dry Don Q Puerto Rican rum though if you can find it, instead of the sweeter Bacardi.

 

[gamelan]

2oz Campari
2oz Tanqueray Rangpur
Juice from one lime
Stirred on the rocks

-Jeff

 

[kwilkinson]

Do you mean cocktails you like to drink as an aperitif, or cocktails that include liquors that are usually described as aperitifs? I prefer starting meals with champagne cocktails. Kir royale, French 75, etc.

 

[jobro]

What about aperitifs that aren't in a cocktail?

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by jobro

What about aperitifs that aren't in a cocktail?

In this vein, I'm partial to campari & soda.

 

[StopPolloition]

Negroni is probably my favorite unless you count a Manhattan and its variations as aperitif too.

 

[Axelman 17]

Negroni

/thread

 

[Gus]

How about a cold Lillet Blanc with a twist of orange. It is one of my favorites and a classic cafe drink.

 

[Huntsman]

The Corpse Reviver #2 or the Vesper when made with Cocchi Apertivo as the bitterness of the quinine is appetite whetting, I feel. Negronis, Americanos, etc of course. My White Martini with a little extra Vya dry vermouth (2oz Hendricks, 1oz Lillet Blanc, 1/2 oz Vya dry, 1/4oz Maraschino). In the morning, Aperol and soda or my Embrasseur du Lillet -- Lillet rouge, champagne, orange twist.

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

How about a cold Lillet Blanc with a twist of orange. It is one of my favorites and a classic cafe drink.
psg, if you can get a hold of some cocchi apertivo try it that way. Like Lillet but with more quinine -- lovely when dead cold! ~ H

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

In this vein, I'm partial to campari & soda.

+1, although the smoked italian Manhattan that I had at bristol would make me change my attitude.

 

[edinatlanta]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

Embrasseur du Lillet -- Lillet rouge, champagne, orange twist.


Oooooooo... I may do this on my vacation next week.

I am guessing it is what, 1 oz lillet topped with champagne?