Industry Sour

My resolution was to get back to blogging. It helps me focus on my drinking. So, here's to 2017!

But, before we get to the cocktail, a quick word on Piper. She is almost seven months old! She is crawling and starting to eat solid food. She still usually sleeps through the night. However, as she has had new teeth come in she does wake up some nights.

I want to post the Industry Sour for two reasons. First, it is so good it is in my regular rotation. Second, Fernet Branca is going on the list of overused booze in the near future (if it isn't already). Fernet Branca is an amaro -- an Italian bitter liqueur. Bitter is a hot flavor right now, see for example, the popularity of increasingly bitter IPAs.

But don't allow Fernet Branca's bitterness to turn you off the drink if bitter isn't your favorite flavor. Fernet Branca is aged in oak and has a bittersweet, herbal, medicinal flavor. Some people drink Fernet Branca straight. It's not bad on the rocks. But I think Fernet Branca is better in an Industry Sour.

The Industry Sour has a lot of everything. Two herbal and bitter liqueurs, along with a lot of sour and sweet from an ounce each of lime juice and simple syrup. All the flavors mix well and the cocktail is wonderfully bitter, sweet, and sour all at the same time.

Industry Sour

• 1 ounce Frenet Branca
• 1 ounce Green Chartreuse
• 1 ounce lime
• 1 ounce simple syrup

Shake, strain into a cocktail glass.

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