Inch By Inch Cocktail Recipe

4th & Swift head bartender Mike Jones eliminated gin from this drink, making it all about the Fernet Branca.
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Mike Jones is head bartender at 4th & Swift in Atlanta, Georgia.

When coming up with this Fernet cocktail I wanted to create something that was reminiscent of an Old Fashioned. I was playing with gin (of course), but I wanted to make Fernet the star! So inch by inch (or in this case "ounce by ounce" — and an Any Given Sunday reference) I reversed the ratio of Fernet to gin, and then finally eliminated the latter all together.

Inch By Inch Cocktail Recipe
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Prep Time
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4th & Swift head bartender Mike Jones eliminated gin from this drink, making it all about the Fernet Branca.
Total time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1 3/4 ounces Fernet Branca
  • 3/4 ounce amaretto
  • 1/2 ounce lemon
  • 1/4 ounce toasted almond honey
  • muddled cucumber
  • dash of Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Bitters
  • flamed lemon twist
Directions
  1. Build in mixing glass, give a nice hard shake, double-strain into fresh ice and garnish.
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