Italian Buck

Name: Italian Buck
Ingredients: 1.5 oz Amaro Montenegro; 1.5 oz Cynar Ricetta Originale; 0.75 oz Freshy Squeezed Lime Juice; 3 oz Ginger Beer

By Stan Bissell

Submitted on: August 8, 2022

Refreshing

Seasonal

The buck gets its name from adding spicy ginger ale or ginger beer. Amari make unique and complex cocktails-- I love cocktails with amari because they make me feel like I am in Italy. Amaro Montenegro and Cynar are also not too hard to find.

Ingredients

1.5 oz
Amaro Montenegro

1.5 oz
Cynar Ricetta Originale

0.75 oz
Freshy Squeezed Lime Juice

3 oz
Ginger Beer

Instructions

Garnish

Lime wedge or artichoke leaf

Build

Build In Glass

Glass

Estimated strength

About 9% ABV (estimate)

By Stan Bissell

Home Bartender

Amature mixologist with a passion for shaking and stirring cocktails at home. I especially love supporting and featuring local products in my drinks.

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Pour ingredients into a Collins glass with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with a lime wedge or few pieces of artichoke as a nod to the Cynar botanical.

Editor's Note

A split base of two classic amari—sweet, floral Montenegro and vegetal, bitter Cynar—transforms the simple Buck. Ginger beer and lime bridge the two, creating a complex, refreshing highball.