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No. 066 Cocktails · Whisky & whiskey

Paper Plane

Equal parts bourbon, Amaro Nonino, Aperol and lemon, shaken and served up.

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well with ice.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Glass
Cocktail glass (coupe)
Technique
Shaken
Difficulty
Easy

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

About the Paper Plane

Four equal measures give a bittersweet, citrusy drink with a soft orange note from the Aperol and gentle spice from the amaro.

Background

The Paper Plane was created in 2008 and was added to the IBA official cocktails as a New Era drink in 2020.

Tags: equal parts bittersweet bourbon

Sources

  1. IBA — Paper Plane (official specification)
  2. Wikipedia — Paper plane (cocktail)

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